diff --git a/plasma-runtime/pom.xml b/plasma-runtime/pom.xml
index 84250dcf..23645319 100644
--- a/plasma-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/plasma-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
 			<groupId>xalan</groupId>
-			<version>2.6.0</version>
+			<version>2.7.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.atteo.classindex</groupId>