diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 3303d786bf3..474bb60b5c4 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <version>2.12.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <!--xml parser-->
     <dependency>