diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
index b80c232..188436e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/pom.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@
       <artifactId>asterix-lang-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
index 2247151..a25a0e9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-common/pom.xml
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
-      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</version>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
index bce61d5..a821c1c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
       <artifactId>asterix-lang-common</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 3172cff..a03bc30 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -770,6 +770,11 @@
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         <version>${commons.io.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+        <version>2.11.0</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 </project>