diff --git a/dc-commons-xml/pom.xml b/dc-commons-xml/pom.xml
index b57b0b15..ec191749 100644
--- a/dc-commons-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/dc-commons-xml/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sf.saxon</groupId>
       <artifactId>Saxon-HE</artifactId>
-      <version>10.8</version>
+      <version>12.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>