diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce17690130d..5721b3e3b60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesimpl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.12.0</version>
+                <version>${cs.xercesImpl.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>