diff --git a/exist-parent/pom.xml b/exist-parent/pom.xml
index 5cc687279c0..0f2b63c5d68 100644
--- a/exist-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-parent/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         <icu.version>59.1</icu.version>
         <izpack.version>5.1.3</izpack.version>
         <jansi.version>2.4.0</jansi.version>
-        <jaxb.api.version>3.0.1</jaxb.api.version>
+        <jaxb.api.version>4.0.0</jaxb.api.version>
         <jaxb.impl.version>3.0.2</jaxb.impl.version>
         <jetty.version>11.0.13</jetty.version>
         <log4j.version>2.19.0</log4j.version>