diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a8595b5c..cd917aae4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.b2</version>
+      <version>1.4.01</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>