diff --git a/contribs/maven-wadl-plugin/pom.xml b/contribs/maven-wadl-plugin/pom.xml
index dba4429b2..bc9c2e704 100644
--- a/contribs/maven-wadl-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/contribs/maven-wadl-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.1</version>
+            <version>2.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>