diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9786a99b..b3024e90 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 		<saxon.he.version>9.9.0-1</saxon.he.version>
 		<commons.lang3.version>3.8.1</commons.lang3.version>
 		<commons.io.version>2.6</commons.io.version>
-		<jackson.core.dataformat.xml.version>2.9.7</jackson.core.dataformat.xml.version>
+		<jackson.core.dataformat.xml.version>2.12.4</jackson.core.dataformat.xml.version>
 		<jackson.core.annotations.version>2.10.0.pr2</jackson.core.annotations.version>
 		<jackson.core.version>2.10.0.pr2</jackson.core.version>
 		<jackson.core.databind.version>2.9.9.2</jackson.core.databind.version>