diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index c8cbd43fd..d315d8fd1 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ freebsd_test_task:
     freebsd_instance:
         image_family: freebsd-14-0
     name: cirrus/FreeBSD
-    install_script: pkg install -y cmake git pkgconf bash wx32-gtk3 libssh openssl libnfs neon libarchive samba416 pcre uchardet xerces-c3
+    install_script: pkg install -y cmake git pkgconf bash wx32-gtk3 libssh openssl libnfs neon libarchive samba416 pcre uchardet libxml2
     script: mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && ./install/far2l --help
 
 macos_test_task:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8fd32d81e..8ce65f99e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         run: >
          sudo apt-get update;
          sudo apt-get -y install
-         libuchardet-dev libxerces-c-dev libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev
+         libuchardet-dev libxml2-dev libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev
          libx11-dev libxi-dev
          libssl-dev libsmbclient-dev libnfs-dev libneon27-dev libssh-dev
          libarchive-dev libpcre3-dev
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
         run: >
           sudo apt-get update;
           sudo apt-get -y install
-          libuchardet-dev libxerces-c-dev libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev
+          libuchardet-dev libxml2-dev libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev
           libx11-dev libxi-dev
           libssl-dev libsmbclient-dev libnfs-dev libneon27-dev libssh-dev
           libarchive-dev libpcre3-dev
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
         run: >
           sudo apt-get update;
           sudo apt-get -y install
-          libuchardet-dev libxerces-c-dev libwxgtk3.2-dev
+          libuchardet-dev libxml2-dev libwxgtk3.2-dev
           libx11-dev libxi-dev
           libssl-dev libsmbclient-dev libnfs-dev libneon27-dev libssh-dev
           libarchive-dev libpcre3-dev
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
         # libx11, openssl is already installed
         run: >
           brew install
-          uchardet xerces-c wxwidgets
+          uchardet libxml2 wxwidgets
           libxi
           samba libnfs neon libssh
           libarchive pcre
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 61d6fc438..933a06b91 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ matrix:
             - g++-5
             - cmake
             - libwxgtk3.0-dev
-            - libxerces-c-dev
+            - libxml2-dev
             - libuchardet-dev 
             - libssh-dev
             - libsmbclient-dev
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ matrix:
             - g++-6
             - cmake
             - libwxgtk3.0-dev
-            - libxerces-c-dev
+            - libxml2-dev
             - libuchardet-dev 
             - libssh-dev
             - libsmbclient-dev
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ matrix:
             - clang-3.6
             - cmake
             - libwxgtk3.0-dev
-            - libxerces-c-dev
+            - libxml2-dev
             - libuchardet-dev 
             - libssh-dev
             - libsmbclient-dev
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ matrix:
             - clang-3.7
             - cmake
             - libwxgtk3.0-dev
-            - libxerces-c-dev
+            - libxml2-dev
             - libuchardet-dev 
             - libssh-dev
             - libsmbclient-dev
diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
index 2fa3d9f2c..b2a9ef831 100644
--- a/Brewfile
+++ b/Brewfile
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ brew "pkg-config"
 brew "uchardet"
 brew "wget"
 brew "wxwidgets"
-brew "xerces-c"
+brew "libxml2"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39bbc2767..8cda456aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ See also [Community packages & binaries](#community_bins)
 * `libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev` (or `libwxgtk3.2-dev` in newer distributions, or `libwxgtk3.0-dev` in older ones, _optional_ - needed for **GUI backend**, not needed with `-DUSEWX=no`)
 * `libx11-dev` (_optional_ - needed for **X11 extension** that provides better UX for TTY backend wherever X11 is available)
 * `libxi-dev` (_optional_ - needed for **X11/Xi extension** that provides best UX for TTY backend wherever X11 Xi extension is available)
-* `libxerces-c-dev` (_optional_ - needed for **Colorer plugin**, not needed with `-DCOLORER=no`)
+* `libxml2-dev` (_optional_ - needed for **Colorer plugin**, not needed with `-DCOLORER=no`)
 * `libuchardet-dev` (_optional_ - needed for **auto charset detection**, not needed with `-DUSEUCD=no`)
 * `libssh-dev` (_optional_ - needed for **NetRocks/SFTP**)
 * `libssl-dev` (_optional_ - needed for **NetRocks/FTPS**)
diff --git a/dependencies-minimal.txt b/dependencies-minimal.txt
index 3f3948dd3..2bbf518ce 100644
--- a/dependencies-minimal.txt
+++ b/dependencies-minimal.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev
 libuchardet-dev
-libxerces-c-dev
+libxml2-dev
diff --git a/dependencies.txt b/dependencies.txt
index 2a61865ee..4c3dcee87 100644
--- a/dependencies.txt
+++ b/dependencies.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ libx11-dev
 libxi-dev
 
 libuchardet-dev
-libxerces-c-dev
+libxml2-dev
 
 libarchive-dev
 libssh-dev