diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce8e93760..15e3f08c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.2</version>
+      <version>1.0.b2</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>