diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfc9227..39f10dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <project.build.source>1.8</project.build.source>
         <project.build.target>1.8</project.build.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <saxon.version>12.4</saxon.version>
+        <saxon.version>12.5</saxon.version>
         <xmlcalabash.version>1.5.7-120</xmlcalabash.version>
         <jing.version>20220510</jing.version>
         <xml.apis.version>1.4.01</xml.apis.version>