diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index 5c39255..a89c28e 100644
--- a/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>${env.SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <dependencyCheck.version>12.1.7</dependencyCheck.version>
+    <dependencyCheck.version>12.1.8</dependencyCheck.version>
     <dependencyCheck.skip>false</dependencyCheck.skip>
     <dependencyCheck.threshold>7</dependencyCheck.threshold>
     <saxon.version>12.9</saxon.version>