diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index b9fabf52106..409e4201cf6 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -492,12 +492,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>xom</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>xom</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9199efd1a8..d10050ea7f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1538,13 +1538,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.6</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <artifactId>xom</artifactId>
-                        <groupId>xom</groupId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
+                <version>2.0.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>