diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 135ada9c6..972f6e64b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xalan</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.1</version>
+                <version>2.7.2</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>