diff --git a/exist-core/pom.xml b/exist-core/pom.xml
index 1285a652e4f..378cb1bf578 100644
--- a/exist-core/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-core/pom.xml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xalan</groupId>
             <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.2</version> <!-- needed at compile time for various dependencies -->
+            <version>2.7.3</version> <!-- needed at compile time for various dependencies -->
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion> <!-- conflicts with Java 17's javax.xml module -->
                     <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>