diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 977b1fa2d5a..43e66300026 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <commons.codec.version>1.14</commons.codec.version>
     <metadata.extractor.version>2.13.0</metadata.extractor.version>
     <xalan.version>2.7.2</xalan.version>
-    <xerces.version>2.12.0</xerces.version>
+    <xerces.version>2.12.2</xerces.version>
     <commons.configuration.version>1.10</commons.configuration.version>
     <commons.beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons.beanutils.version>
     <httpdlog-parser.version>5.7</httpdlog-parser.version>