diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d28e81c16..c606f30c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xalan</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.1</version>
+                <version>2.7.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.opensaml</groupId>