diff --git a/exist-core/pom.xml b/exist-core/pom.xml
index 3aa4e94b7fd..12515a00d35 100644
--- a/exist-core/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-core/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.relaxng</groupId>
             <artifactId>jing</artifactId>
-            <version>20220510</version>
+            <version>20241231</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion> <!-- conflicts with Java 17's javax.xml module -->
                     <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>