diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xsd/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xsd/pom.xml
index 60ad6bf88..ac736423b 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xsd/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-xsd/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.1</version>
+      <version>2.12.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>