diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 286f8bada..c7e5d6c83 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="ooxml-lib/dom4j-1.6.1.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="ooxml-lib/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="ooxml-lib/xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/junit-4.11.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="ooxml-lib/ooxml-schemas-1.1.jar" sourcepath="ooxml-lib/ooxml-schemas-src-1.1.jar"/>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 89d3a0f2e..ac7b40fe3 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ under the License.
     <!-- jars in the lib-ooxml directory, see the fetch-ooxml-jars target-->
     <property name="ooxml.dom4j.jar" location="${ooxml.lib}/dom4j-1.6.1.jar"/>
     <property name="ooxml.dom4j.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/dom4j/dom4j/1.6.1/dom4j-1.6.1.jar"/>
-    <property name="ooxml.xmlbeans.jar" location="${ooxml.lib}/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar"/>
+    <property name="ooxml.xmlbeans.jar" location="${ooxml.lib}/xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar"/>
     <property name="ooxml.xmlbeans.url"
-              value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/apache/xmlbeans/xmlbeans/2.6.0/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar"/>
+              value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/apache/xmlbeans/xmlbeans/2.3.0/xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar"/>
 
     <!-- coverage libs -->
     <property name="jacoco.zip" location="${main.lib}/jacoco-0.6.5.201403032054.zip"/>
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ under the License.
 			</fileset>
 			<auxClasspath path="ooxml-lib/ooxml-schemas-1.1.jar" />
 			<auxClasspath path="ooxml-lib/ooxml-encryption-1.1.jar" />
-			<auxClasspath path="ooxml-lib/xmlbeans-2.6.0.jar" />
+			<auxClasspath path="ooxml-lib/xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar" />
 			<auxClasspath path="ooxml-lib/dom4j-1.6.1.jar" />
 			<auxClasspath path="lib/commons-codec-1.9.jar" />
 			<auxClasspath path="lib/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar" />
diff --git a/maven/ooxml-schemas.pom b/maven/ooxml-schemas.pom
index dd92b6593..da49544ae 100644
--- a/maven/ooxml-schemas.pom
+++ b/maven/ooxml-schemas.pom
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.0</version>
+      <version>2.3.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom b/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
index baf531d54..361fe64f3 100644
--- a/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
+++ b/maven/poi-ooxml-schemas.pom
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.0</version>
+      <version>2.3.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
index 20f281134..56d297677 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
 		  <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-		  <version>2.6.0</version>
+		  <version>2.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
index 5b0833273..453b53fa5 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
 		  <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-		  <version>2.6.0</version>
+		  <version>2.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
index 10737710e..bc1feabb4 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.xmlbeans</groupId>
 		  <artifactId>xmlbeans</artifactId>
-		  <version>2.6.0</version>
+		  <version>2.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>        
 		
 		<dependency>