diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ceb1214c..6f80d9dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.saxon</groupId>
             <artifactId>Saxon-HE</artifactId>
-            <version>9.9.1-3</version>
+            <version>12.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.jsonld-java</groupId>