diff --git a/components-core/pom.xml b/components-core/pom.xml
index 9e278f935..ea1f1cdb8 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>2.12.0</version>
          </dependency>
          
            <dependency>
diff --git a/interfaces/pom.xml b/interfaces/pom.xml
index 8e959c1a2..751f9e487 100644
--- a/interfaces/pom.xml
+++ b/interfaces/pom.xml
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.0</version>
+			<version>2.12.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a475c0c38..e4af9cdc7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6.0</version>
+                <version>2.12.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>