diff --git a/castor-xml-object/pom.xml b/castor-xml-object/pom.xml
index 85caf8a0..9a58ab1f 100644
--- a/castor-xml-object/pom.xml
+++ b/castor-xml-object/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
      <dependency>            
      	<groupId>xerces</groupId>            
      	<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>            
-     	<version>2.8.1</version>        
+     	<version>2.12.0</version>        
      </dependency>
      
   </dependencies>