diff --git a/information-curation-layer/low-level-context-awareness/pom.xml b/information-curation-layer/low-level-context-awareness/pom.xml
index 78660d9..0785fa8 100644
--- a/information-curation-layer/low-level-context-awareness/pom.xml
+++ b/information-curation-layer/low-level-context-awareness/pom.xml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 <dependency>
     <groupId>xerces</groupId>
     <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-    <version>2.11.0</version>
+    <version>2.12.0</version>
 </dependency>
 <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/xml-apis/xml-apis -->
 <dependency>