diff --git a/pdf/project.xml b/pdf/project.xml
index f41d1ce5..62e93c07 100644
--- a/pdf/project.xml
+++ b/pdf/project.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xalan</groupId>
       <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.1</version>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
       <url>http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/</url>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
index 6f98098c..545d68d8 100644
--- a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="2.5-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MPPDF-55">Upgrade to Xalan 2.7.0.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1753">Upgrade to Xerces 2.8.0. Replace the deprecated xmlParserAPIs by xml-apis 1.3.03. Add the xml-resolver dependency for xerces.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">An icon is added to the report entry in the navigation. Works only with the xdoc plugin 1.10 and above.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix">The links generated in the reports list are wrong. Works only with the xdoc plugin 1.10 and above.</action>
