diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b3bd2334c6a..ee6b0ec80a7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>xerces</groupId>
         <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.0</version>
+        <version>2.12.2</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>