diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69a5274..19f3dcb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ xstream-distribution-1.3.1-src.zip
 /xstream-distribution-1.4.8-src.zip
 /xstream-distribution-1.4.9-src.zip
 /xstream-distribution-1.4.11.1-src.zip
+/xstream-distribution-1.4.12-src.zip
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 833b4c6..bf3631b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (xstream-distribution-1.4.11.1-src.zip) = 273c712a57800089f72899b5df65584788d02df3493fb32549066fcebc40decc57c4c10ea05ec387dede328516047bb8a2d62cc64e27ec14156dd361f3959a81
+SHA512 (xstream-distribution-1.4.12-src.zip) = 490b6e62bbee7c721640ce955252881d0a26e9fafc3992df8507a9e616a3f4b00e44bd6cf45d2ea310ea6c2d48bea23e741c52e66c991a398c0876c6970397ec
diff --git a/xstream-java-8-target.patch b/xstream-java-8-target.patch
index 8ab9ad9..2f7d66d 100644
--- a/xstream-java-8-target.patch
+++ b/xstream-java-8-target.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
-index 5d52a8f..acfd319 100644
+index 2ab1bd4..4e6ea8b 100644
 --- a/pom.xml
 +++ b/pom.xml
-@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
+@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
          <jdk>1.8</jdk>
        </activation>
        <properties>
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ index 5d52a8f..acfd319 100644
        </properties>
      </profile>
      <profile>
-@@ -944,8 +944,8 @@
-     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+@@ -1100,8 +1100,8 @@
  
      <version.java.5>1.5</version.java.5>
+     <version.java.6>1.6</version.java.6>
 -    <version.java.source>1.5</version.java.source>
 -    <version.java.target>1.5</version.java.target>
 +    <version.java.source>1.8</version.java.source>
 +    <version.java.target>1.8</version.java.target>
      <version.java.enforced>[1.4,)</version.java.enforced>
  
-     <version.plugin.codehaus.xsite>1.2.1</version.plugin.codehaus.xsite>
+     <version.plugin.codehaus.xsite>1.3</version.plugin.codehaus.xsite>
diff --git a/xstream.spec b/xstream.spec
index 5953531..76e2322 100644
--- a/xstream.spec
+++ b/xstream.spec
@@ -31,16 +31,17 @@
 #
 
 %bcond_with hibernate
+%bcond_with stax
 
 Name:           xstream
-Version:        1.4.11.1
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        1.4.12
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Java XML serialization library
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://x-stream.github.io/
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
-Source0:        http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/thoughtworks/%{name}/%{name}-distribution/%{version}/%{name}-distribution-%{version}-src.zip
+Source0:        https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/thoughtworks/%{name}/%{name}-distribution/%{version}/%{name}-distribution-%{version}-src.zip
 
 # patch pom.xml to target Java 8 / 1.8
 Patch0:         xstream-java-8-target.patch
@@ -52,13 +53,12 @@ BuildRequires:  mvn(javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(joda-time:joda-time)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(net.sf.kxml:kxml2-min)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
+BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.codehaus.woodstox:woodstox-core-asl)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.jdom:jdom)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.jdom:jdom2)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(stax:stax)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(stax:stax-api)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(xpp3:xpp3)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(xpp3:xpp3_min)
 
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ BuildRequires:  mvn(org.slf4j:slf4j-simple)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(xom:xom)
 %endif
 
+%if %{with stax}
+BuildRequires:  mvn(stax:stax)
+BuildRequires:  mvn(stax:stax-api)
+%endif
+
 
 %description
 XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML 
@@ -178,6 +183,15 @@ rm xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/json/Jettison*
 rm xstream-benchmark/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/tools/benchmark/products/XStreamXom.java
 %endif
 
+%if %{without stax}
+%pom_remove_dep -r stax:stax
+%pom_remove_dep -r stax:stax-api
+rm xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/xml/BEAStaxDriver.java
+rm xstream/src/test/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/xml/BEAStaxReaderTest.java
+rm xstream/src/test/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/xml/BEAStaxWriterTest.java
+rm xstream-benchmark/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/tools/benchmark/products/XStreamBEAStax.java
+%endif
+
 %mvn_file :%{name} %{name}/%{name} %{name}
 %mvn_file :%{name}-benchmark %{name}/%{name}-benchmark %{name}-benchmark
 
@@ -206,6 +220,10 @@ rm xstream-benchmark/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/tools/benchmark/products/
 %license LICENSE.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 27 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 1.4.12-1
+- Update to version 1.4.12.
+- Disable optional support for BEA Stax by default.
+
 * Fri Jan 31 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.11.1-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild