diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aacd93f66..5aad0beee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.saxon</groupId>
       <artifactId>Saxon-HE</artifactId>
-      <version>12.9</version>
+      <version>13.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>