diff --git a/maven/designer/pom.xml b/maven/designer/pom.xml
index ef33e3cfbf8..4d6fb6fd338 100644
--- a/maven/designer/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/designer/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xalan</groupId>
             <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.2</version>
+            <version>2.7.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.vaadin.external.flute/flute -->
         <dependency>