diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d31c9dcca6..2de5a3a4f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 		<!-- Resolver has to be aligned with Maven (e.g resolver 1.4 and Maven 3.6 or resolver 1.3 and Maven 3.5) -->
 		<maven.resolver.version>1.3.3</maven.resolver.version>
 		<xpath2.processor.version>2.1.100</xpath2.processor.version>
-		<xerces.version>2.11.0</xerces.version>
+		<xerces.version>2.12.0</xerces.version>
 		<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.5</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 		<InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>1.3.0</InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>