diff --git a/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml b/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml
index 05170b2e4..06b602cb5 100644
--- a/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/calvalus-wps-impl/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d91abdeb1..2c5ce13a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.0</version>
+                <version>2.12.0</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>