diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 2d4e405b45..d165a8f830 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <!-- JDIFF generation from embedded ant in the antrun plugin -->
     <jdiff.version>1.0.9</jdiff.version>
     <!-- Version number for xerces used by JDiff -->
-    <xerces.jdiff.version>2.12.1</xerces.jdiff.version>
+    <xerces.jdiff.version>2.12.2</xerces.jdiff.version>
 
     <kafka.version>2.8.1</kafka.version>