diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a7a70c..1ec53b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<xalan.version>2.7.3</xalan.version>
-		<saxon.version>9.6.0-7</saxon.version>
+		<saxon.version>12.7</saxon.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>