diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 400cdde1..900adcfe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xalan</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.2</version>
+                <version>2.7.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>