diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 0f45e3203bb2..3f91855235c8 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency><!-- we exclude this transient dependency from htmlunit, which we actually need in the test -->
       <groupId>xalan</groupId>
       <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7.1</version>
+      <version>2.7.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>