diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1edaadbc..1cce6638 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 		<dependency.junit5.version>5.8.2</dependency.junit5.version>
 		<dependency.junit5-platform-launcher.version>1.8.2</dependency.junit5-platform-launcher.version>
 		<dependency.log4j2.version>2.19.0</dependency.log4j2.version>
-		<dependency.saxon.version>11.4</dependency.saxon.version>
+		<dependency.saxon.version>12.0</dependency.saxon.version>
 		<dependency.spotbugs-annotations.version>4.7.3</dependency.spotbugs-annotations.version>
 		<dependency.xmlresolver.version>4.5.2</dependency.xmlresolver.version>