diff --git a/portlet/pom.xml b/portlet/pom.xml
index 3a80cec0..13ed6667 100644
--- a/portlet/pom.xml
+++ b/portlet/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.0</version>
+            <version>2.12.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>