diff --git a/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd b/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
index fa416e4..6e5d255 100644
--- a/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
+++ b/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 REM ========================================================
 REM Install xapian
-curl -fsSL -O http://download.kiwix.org/dev/xapian-core-1.4.7.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x xapian-core-1.4.7.zip || exit /b 1
-cd xapian-core-1.4.7
+curl -fsSL -O http://download.kiwix.org/dev/xapian-core-1.4.10.zip || exit /b 1
+7z x xapian-core-1.4.10.zip || exit /b 1
+cd xapian-core-1.4.10
 mkdir build
 cd build
-%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/Projects/kiwix-build/xapian-core-1.4.7/build && /c/Projects/kiwix-build/appveyor/build_xapian.sh" > build_xapian.log || exit /b 1
+%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/Projects/kiwix-build/xapian-core-1.4.10/build && /c/Projects/kiwix-build/appveyor/build_xapian.sh" > build_xapian.log || exit /b 1
 cd ..\..
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/xapian.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/xapian.py
index c26307c..b5e98f0 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/xapian.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/xapian.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ class Xapian(Dependency):
     name = "xapian-core"
 
     class Source(ReleaseDownload):
-        archive = Remotefile('xapian-core-1.4.7.tar.xz',
-                             '13f08a0b649c7afa804fa0e85678d693fd6069dd394c9b9e7d41973d74a3b5d3')
+        archive = Remotefile('xapian-core-1.4.10.tar.xz',
+                             '68669327e08544ac88fe3473745dbcae4e8e98d5060b436c4d566f1f78709bb8')
         patches = ['xapian_sys_types.patch']
 
     class Builder(MakeBuilder):
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/versions.py b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
index 89358e7..30c87ab 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/versions.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ release_versions = {
 
 # This is the "version" of the whole base_deps_versions dict.
 # Change this when you change base_deps_versions.
-base_deps_meta_version = '15'
+base_deps_meta_version = '16'
 
 
 base_deps_versions = {
   'zlib' : '1.2.8',
   'lzma' : '5.2.3',
   'uuid' : '1.43.4',
-  'xapian-core' : '1.4.7',
+  'xapian-core' : '1.4.10',
   'mustache' : '3.2',
   'pugixml' : '1.2',
   'libmicrohttpd' : '0.9.46',