diff --git a/cs-xml/pom.xml b/cs-xml/pom.xml
index 2319eef2d2..75c88bedf4 100644
--- a/cs-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/cs-xml/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.1</version>
+            <version>2.12.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4af0981c56..82910ee8b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.12.1</version>
+                <version>2.12.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>