diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 976add7da..ec11f27dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>xalan</groupId>
             <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.1</version>
+            <version>2.7.2</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.taglibs</groupId>