diff --git a/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/pom.xml b/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/pom.xml
index f8ab8dc4..6863e1e1 100644
--- a/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/pom.xml
+++ b/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
             <artifactId>dbptk-bindings-siarddk-128</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- misc dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/src/main/java/com/databasepreservation/modules/siard/validate/component/tableData/RequirementsForTableDataValidator.java b/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/src/main/java/com/databasepreservation/modules/siard/validate/component/tableData/RequirementsForTableDataValidator.java
index a96e2951..894b9b25 100644
--- a/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/src/main/java/com/databasepreservation/modules/siard/validate/component/tableData/RequirementsForTableDataValidator.java
+++ b/dbptk-modules/dbptk-module-siard/src/main/java/com/databasepreservation/modules/siard/validate/component/tableData/RequirementsForTableDataValidator.java
@@ -7,10 +7,51 @@
  */
 package com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.component.tableData;
 
-import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS;
-import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT;
-import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT;
+import com.databasepreservation.Constants;
+import com.databasepreservation.model.exception.ModuleException;
+import com.databasepreservation.model.exception.validator.CategoryNotFoundException;
+import com.databasepreservation.model.exception.validator.XMLFileNotFoundException;
+import com.databasepreservation.model.reporters.ValidationReporterStatus;
+import com.databasepreservation.model.validator.SIARDContent;
+import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.component.ValidatorComponentImpl;
+import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.handlers.CompositePrimaryKeyValidationHandler;
+import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.handlers.PrimaryKeyValidationHandler;
+import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.handlers.TableContentHandler;
+import com.databasepreservation.utils.ConfigUtils;
+import com.databasepreservation.utils.ListUtils;
+import com.databasepreservation.utils.XMLUtils;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
+import org.apache.commons.io.input.BOMInputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl;
+import org.mapdb.DB;
+import org.mapdb.DBMaker;
+import org.mapdb.Serializer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
+import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
 
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import javax.xml.validation.Schema;
+import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
+import javax.xml.validation.Validator;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -29,52 +70,9 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
-import jakarta.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
-import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
-import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
-import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
-import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
-import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
-import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
-import javax.xml.transform.Source;
-import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
-import javax.xml.validation.Schema;
-import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
-import javax.xml.validation.Validator;
-import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
-import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.input.BOMInputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.mapdb.DB;
-import org.mapdb.DBMaker;
-import org.mapdb.Serializer;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
-import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
-import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
-
-import com.databasepreservation.Constants;
-import com.databasepreservation.model.exception.ModuleException;
-import com.databasepreservation.model.exception.validator.CategoryNotFoundException;
-import com.databasepreservation.model.exception.validator.XMLFileNotFoundException;
-import com.databasepreservation.model.reporters.ValidationReporterStatus;
-import com.databasepreservation.model.validator.SIARDContent;
-import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.component.ValidatorComponentImpl;
-import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.handlers.CompositePrimaryKeyValidationHandler;
-import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.handlers.PrimaryKeyValidationHandler;
-import com.databasepreservation.modules.siard.validate.handlers.TableContentHandler;
-import com.databasepreservation.utils.ConfigUtils;
-import com.databasepreservation.utils.ListUtils;
-import com.databasepreservation.utils.XMLUtils;
-import com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl;
+import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS;
+import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT;
+import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT;
 
 /**
  * @author Miguel Guimarães <mguimaraes@keep.pt>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7177658..0b66f355 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -423,6 +423,12 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+                <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+                <version>2.12.2</version>
+            </dependency>
+
             <!-- lfaria 2024-02-14: Fixing Java 8 compatibility issue -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.collections</groupId>