diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index fb61ad2..3455089 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * We've integrated Rat into the ASF Jenkins to ensure continuous builds with various JDK versions. 
  * Issues resolved (see http://issues.apache.org/jira):
    Bug
+    * [RAT-158] - Fix SAX-Parser warning by explicitly excluding xerces in Doxia 1.2.
+                  (thanks to Hervé Boutemy)
     * [RAT-173] - Allow complete skip of RAT plugin with rat.skip property
                   (thanks to Chris Burroughs)
     * [RAT-174] - CDDL1License still very slow, replace Pattern matching with simple String comparison
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
index 66b57ae..2f38268 100644
--- a/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
       <artifactId>doxia-core</artifactId>
       <version>${doxiaVersion}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+          <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
@@ -205,6 +211,7 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
       <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9b3fe8..972a04b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
           <!-- Must use previous version, to avoid a cyclic reference -->
           <version>${previousRatVersion}</version>
+          <dependencies><!-- TODO remove exclusion when upgrading to new ASF parent or doxia release (RAT-158) -->
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
+              <artifactId>doxia-core</artifactId>
+              <version>1.2</version>
+              <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+              </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
           <configuration>
             <excludes>
               <!-- This file only describes how to build the project and it has no license header -->