diff --git a/specs/javaxml/pom.xml b/specs/javaxml/pom.xml
index 232be89c9ae..82b0196a34e 100644
--- a/specs/javaxml/pom.xml
+++ b/specs/javaxml/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
             <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.01</version>
+            <version>2.0.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.karaf.specs</groupId>