diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d6ad3a7f..253dc18db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>xalan</groupId>
 				<artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7.1</version>
+				<version>2.7.2</version>
 				<exclusions>
 					<exclusion>
 						<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>