diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49c56e93..56bdb5c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.saxon</groupId>
             <artifactId>Saxon-HE</artifactId>
-            <version>9.9.1-3</version>
+            <version>12.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.jsonld-java</groupId>