diff --git a/components-core/pom.xml b/components-core/pom.xml
index 9e278f935..f9279ad20 100644
--- a/components-core/pom.xml
+++ b/components-core/pom.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
          <dependency>
          	<groupId>xerces</groupId>
          	<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-         	<version>2.8.0</version>
+         	<version>2.12.2</version>
          </dependency>
          
            <dependency>