diff --git a/tools/release/java/pom.xml b/tools/release/java/pom.xml
index 537ba92be5fe..3cf5df3552c5 100644
--- a/tools/release/java/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/release/java/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.01</version>
+      <version>2.0.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>