diff --git a/spark/pom.xml b/spark/pom.xml
index 3e766885a..d2c462622 100644
--- a/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/spark/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</version>
+      <version>2.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xalan</groupId>