diff --git a/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/btadmin/pom.xml b/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/btadmin/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index c4ec5064d..8987a0e1c
--- a/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/btadmin/pom.xml
+++ b/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/btadmin/pom.xml
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.1</version>
+			<version>2.12.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>