diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67e46281..54c7be48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sf.saxon</groupId>
                 <artifactId>Saxon-HE</artifactId>
-                <version>9.6.0-7</version>
+                <version>12.0</version>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>