diff --git a/grails-core/build.gradle b/grails-core/build.gradle
index db3bb00b416..33180c73dd6 100644
--- a/grails-core/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-core/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies {
     provided 'aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0',
              "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion"
 
-    runtime ( 'xalan:serializer:2.7.1' ) {
+    runtime ( 'xalan:serializer:2.7.2' ) {
         exclude group: 'xml-apis', module:'xml-apis'
     }