diff --git a/pt-mapred/pom.xml b/pt-mapred/pom.xml
index 14cb468..f642229 100644
--- a/pt-mapred/pom.xml
+++ b/pt-mapred/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
     	  <groupId>xerces</groupId>
     	  <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-    	  <version>2.9.1</version>
+    	  <version>2.12.0</version>
 		  <type>jar</type>
 		  <scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>