diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0841c1fa..cdbb0e6f 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>2.0.4</dependency.lazy4j.version>
 		<dependency.log4j2.version>2.26.0</dependency.log4j2.version>
-		<dependency.saxon.version>12.9</dependency.saxon.version>
+		<dependency.saxon.version>13.0</dependency.saxon.version>
 		<dependency.xmlunit.version>2.11.0</dependency.xmlunit.version>
 
 		<plugin.cyclonedx.version>2.9.1</plugin.cyclonedx.version>