diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index b4e8f38..5e83b39 100644
--- a/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <dependencyCheck.version>12.2.2</dependencyCheck.version>
     <dependencyCheck.skip>false</dependencyCheck.skip>
     <dependencyCheck.threshold>7</dependencyCheck.threshold>
-    <saxon.version>12.9</saxon.version>
+    <saxon.version>13.0</saxon.version>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <plugins>