diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 58d446c1a..5f171dc6c 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'io.netty:netty-all:4.0.41.Final'
     implementation 'net.gcardone.junidecode:junidecode:0.4.1'
     // The next three dependencies are required for XPath search to work
-    implementation 'xerces:xercesImpl:2.12.1'
+    implementation 'xerces:xercesImpl:2.12.2'
     implementation 'com.github.vbmacher:java-cup-runtime:11b-20160615-1'
     //noinspection GradleDependency
     implementation 'com.ibm.icu:icu4j:60.2'