diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19ccdf4..ec7ccac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 		<dependency.jmock-junit5.version>2.13.1</dependency.jmock-junit5.version>
 		<dependency.lazy4j.version>2.0.1</dependency.lazy4j.version>
 		<dependency.log4j2.version>2.25.0</dependency.log4j2.version>
-		<dependency.saxon.version>12.7</dependency.saxon.version>
+		<dependency.saxon.version>12.9</dependency.saxon.version>
 		<dependency.xmlbeans.version>5.3.0</dependency.xmlbeans.version>
 		<dependency.xmlresolver.version>6.0.17</dependency.xmlresolver.version>
 		<dependency.xmlunit.version>2.10.3</dependency.xmlunit.version>