diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index 7d28a72..e6ce498 100644
--- a/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <dependencyCheck.version>12.1.3</dependencyCheck.version>
     <dependencyCheck.skip>false</dependencyCheck.skip>
     <dependencyCheck.threshold>7</dependencyCheck.threshold>
-    <saxon.version>12.7</saxon.version>
+    <saxon.version>12.8</saxon.version>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>