diff --git a/src/plugins/xerces/xerces/pom.xml b/src/plugins/xerces/xerces/pom.xml
index fc02155a845..2d7a2225474 100644
--- a/src/plugins/xerces/xerces/pom.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/xerces/xerces/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
 			<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-			<version>6.8.8</version>
+			<version>7.7.0</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>