diff --git a/Xerces-J-src.2.11.0.tar.gz b/Xerces-J-src.2.11.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..826aaa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Xerces-J-src.2.11.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f59a5ef7b51bd883f2e9bda37a9360692e6c5e439b98d9b6ac1953e1f98b0680
+size 1792762
diff --git a/Xerces-J-src.2.8.1.tar.bz2 b/Xerces-J-src.2.8.1.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fb79af..0000000
--- a/Xerces-J-src.2.8.1.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:9ed1cb6b3bb65dfbf7a493dec45dba48673d6a7dd2ef28df5e32de6c0ddfefe0
-size 1242079
diff --git a/Xerces-J-tools.2.11.0.tar.gz b/Xerces-J-tools.2.11.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30d5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Xerces-J-tools.2.11.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ff9a5e3a12b4bdad5a9238db03ed5a4709831d3e2c13fe53601163c374ad2051
+size 7079679
diff --git a/Xerces-J-tools.2.8.1.tar.bz2 b/Xerces-J-tools.2.8.1.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index acda1c3..0000000
--- a/Xerces-J-tools.2.8.1.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7b492f78042f5bbbc8cb7e0d9e82d7f7c0d1539b529b882310cdfc720839ce42
-size 4065452
diff --git a/java150_build.patch b/java150_build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ec2355a..0000000
--- a/java150_build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-Index: xerces-2_8_1/build.xml
-===================================================================
---- xerces-2_8_1.orig/build.xml
-+++ xerces-2_8_1/build.xml
-@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ Copyright:
-     </copy>
- 
-     <xjavac srcdir="${build.src}"
-+      source="1.4" target="1.4"
-            destdir="${build.dest}"
-            classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${tools.dir}/${jar.apis}:${tools.dir}/${jar.resolver}"
-            debug="${debug}"
-@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ Copyright:
-         <fileset dir="${samples.dir}"/>
-     </copy>
-     <xjavac srcdir="${build.samples}"
-+      source="1.4" target="1.4"
-            destdir="${build.dest}"
-            classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${tools.dir}/${jar.apis}"
-            debug="${debug}"
-@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ Copyright:
-          excludes="dom/rename/**" />
-     </copy>
-     <xjavac srcdir="${build.tests}"
-+      source="1.4" target="1.4"
-            destdir="${build.dest}"
-            classpath="${tools.dir}/${jar.apis}:${build.dir}/classes:./tools/junit.jar"
-            debug="${debug}"
-@@ -403,6 +406,7 @@ Copyright:
-   	
-     <mkdir dir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/api'/>
-     <javadoc packagenames='javax.xml.*,org.w3c.*,org.xml.*'
-+      source="1.4"
-       locale='en_US'
-       sourcepath='${build.src}' destdir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/api'
-       author='true' version='true'
-@@ -412,6 +416,7 @@ Copyright:
-       />
-     <mkdir dir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/xni'/>
-     <javadoc packagenames='org.apache.xerces.xni.*'
-+      source="1.4"
-       locale='en_US'
-       sourcepath='${build.src}' destdir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/xni'
-       author='true' version='true'
-@@ -422,6 +427,7 @@ Copyright:
-       />
-     <mkdir dir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/xs'/>
-     <javadoc packagenames='org.apache.xerces.xs, org.apache.xerces.xs.datatypes'
-+      source="1.4"
-       locale='en_US'
-       sourcepath='${build.src}' destdir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/xs'
-       author='true' version='true'
-@@ -441,7 +447,9 @@ Copyright:
-                            org.apache.xerces.xpointer'
-       locale='en_US'
-       sourcepath='${build.src}' destdir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/xerces2'
-+      source="1.4"
-       classpath='${tools.dir}/${jar.resolver}'
-+      
-       author='true' version='true'
-       windowtitle='Xerces2 Implementation' 
-       doctitle='Xerces2 Implementation'
-@@ -455,6 +463,7 @@ Copyright:
-       locale='en_US'
-       sourcepath='${build.src}' destdir='${build.dir}/docs/javadocs/other'
-       author='true' version='true'
-+      source="1.4"
-       windowtitle='Other Classes' doctitle='Other Classes'
-       bottom='${copyright}'
-       additionalparam='${additional.param}'
-@@ -927,6 +936,7 @@ Copyright:
-     </copy>
- 
-     <xjavac srcdir="${build.src}"
-+      source="1.4" target="1.4"
-            destdir="${build.dest}"
-            debug="${debug}"
-            deprecation="${deprecation}"
-@@ -1213,6 +1223,7 @@ Copyright:
-     </copy>
- 
-     <xjavac srcdir="${build.src}"
-+      source="1.4" target="1.4"
-            destdir="${build.dest}"
-     	   classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${tools.dir}/${jar.apis}"
-            debug="${debug}"
-@@ -1361,6 +1372,7 @@ Copyright:
-         </copy>
- 
-         <xjavac srcdir="${build.src}"
-+      source="1.4" target="1.4"
-                destdir="${build.dest}"
-                classpath="${build.dir}/classes:${tools.dir}/${jar.apis}:${tools.dir}/${jar.resolver}"
-                debug="${debug}"
diff --git a/xerces-build.patch b/xerces-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b93f9b..0000000
--- a/xerces-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Index: build.xml
-===================================================================
---- build.xml
-+++ build.xml
-@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ Copyright:
-   <property name="tools.dir" value="./tools"/>
- 
-   <!-- enable compilation under JDK 1.4 and above -->
-+  <!-- commented out by SUSE packager
-   <taskdef name="xjavac" classname="org.apache.xerces.util.XJavac">
-     <classpath>
-       <pathelement location="${tools.dir}/bin/xjavac.jar"/>
-     </classpath>
-   </taskdef>
-+  -->
- 
-   <!-- Allow properties following these statements to be overridden -->
-   <!-- Note that all of these don't have to exist.  They've just been defined
diff --git a/xerces-j2-2.8.1_new_unsupported_dom_methods.patch b/xerces-j2-2.8.1_new_unsupported_dom_methods.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fa007b..0000000
--- a/xerces-j2-2.8.1_new_unsupported_dom_methods.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-Index: xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLFrameElementImpl.java
-===================================================================
---- xerces-2_8_1.orig/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLFrameElementImpl.java
-+++ xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLFrameElementImpl.java
-@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
- package org.apache.html.dom;
- 
- import org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLFrameElement;
-+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-+import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
- 
- /**
-  * @xerces.internal
-@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ public class HTMLFrameElementImpl
-     extends HTMLElementImpl
-     implements HTMLFrameElement
- {
-+  public Document getContentDocument() {
-+    throw new DOMException(DOMException.NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR, "method not supportet");
-+  }
-+
- 
-     private static final long serialVersionUID = 635237057173695984L; 
- 
-Index: xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLIFrameElementImpl.java
-===================================================================
---- xerces-2_8_1.orig/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLIFrameElementImpl.java
-+++ xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLIFrameElementImpl.java
-@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
-  * limitations under the License.
-  */
- package org.apache.html.dom;
-+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-+import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
-+
- 
- import org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLIFrameElement;
- 
-@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ public class HTMLIFrameElementImpl
- 
-     private static final long serialVersionUID = 2393622754706230429L;
- 
-+    public Document getContentDocument() {
-+      throw new DOMException(DOMException.NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR, "method not supportet");
-+    }
-+
-+
-     public String getAlign()
-     {
-         return capitalize( getAttribute( "align" ) );
-Index: xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLObjectElementImpl.java
-===================================================================
---- xerces-2_8_1.orig/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLObjectElementImpl.java
-+++ xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/html/dom/HTMLObjectElementImpl.java
-@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
- package org.apache.html.dom;
- 
- import org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLObjectElement;
-+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-+import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
- 
- /**
-  * @xerces.internal
-@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@ public class HTMLObjectElementImpl
-     
-     private static final long serialVersionUID = 2276953229932965067L;
- 
-+    public Document getContentDocument() {
-+      throw new DOMException(DOMException.NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR, "method not supportet");
-+    }
-+
-     public String getCode()
-     {
-         return getAttribute( "code" );
diff --git a/xerces-j2-constants.1 b/xerces-j2-constants.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02e5c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xerces-j2-constants.1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.TH XERCES-J2-CONSTANTS 1 "08 April 2013" "xerces-2.11.0" "User commands"
+
+.SH NAME
+xerces-j2-constants \- display constants used by Xerces2 Java Parser
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.BR xerces-j2-constants
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+Xerces-J2-Constants dumps common constants used by Xerces2 Java Parser
+to standard output.
diff --git a/xerces-j2-gcj-switch-constants-bug.patch b/xerces-j2-gcj-switch-constants-bug.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f76f42d..0000000
--- a/xerces-j2-gcj-switch-constants-bug.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-Index: src/org/apache/xerces/xpointer/ElementSchemePointer.java
-===================================================================
---- src/org/apache/xerces/xpointer/ElementSchemePointer.java
-+++ src/org/apache/xerces/xpointer/ElementSchemePointer.java
-@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ class ElementSchemePointer implements XP
-         while (tokens.hasMore()) {
-             int token = tokens.nextToken();
- 
--            switch (token) {
--            case Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_ELEM_NCNAME: {
-+            if( token == Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_ELEM_NCNAME) {
-                 // Note:  Only a single ShortHand pointer can be present
- 
-                 // The shortHand name
-@@ -175,14 +174,12 @@ class ElementSchemePointer implements XP
-                 fShortHandPointer.setSchemeName(fShortHandPointerName);
- 
-                 break;
--            }
--            case Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_ELEM_CHILD: {
-+            } else if( token == Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_ELEM_CHILD) {
-                 tmpChildSequence[i] = tokens.nextToken();
-                 i++;
- 
-                 break;
--            }
--            default:
-+            } else {
-                 reportError("InvalidElementSchemeXPointer",
-                         new Object[] { xpointer });
-             }
-@@ -871,4 +868,4 @@ class ElementSchemePointer implements XP
- 
-     } // class Scanner
- 
--}
-\ No newline at end of file
-+}
-Index: src/org/apache/xerces/xpointer/XPointerHandler.java
-===================================================================
---- src/org/apache/xerces/xpointer/XPointerHandler.java
-+++ src/org/apache/xerces/xpointer/XPointerHandler.java
-@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ public final class XPointerHandler exten
-         while (tokens.hasMore()) {
-             int token = tokens.nextToken();
- 
--            switch (token) {
--            case Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_SHORTHAND: {
-+            if(token ==  Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_SHORTHAND) {
- 
-                 // The shortHand name
-                 token = tokens.nextToken();
-@@ -182,8 +181,7 @@ public final class XPointerHandler exten
-                 shortHandPointer.setSchemeName(shortHandPointerName);
-                 fXPointerParts.add(shortHandPointer);
-                 break;
--            }
--            case Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_SCHEMENAME: {
-+            } else if(token ==  Tokens.XPTRTOKEN_SCHEMENAME) {
- 
-                 // Retreive the local name and prefix to form the scheme name
-                 token = tokens.nextToken();
-@@ -273,8 +271,7 @@ public final class XPointerHandler exten
-                 }
- 
-                 break;
--            }
--            default:
-+            } else {
-                 reportError("InvalidXPointerExpression",
-                         new Object[] { xpointer });
-             }
-@@ -1248,4 +1245,4 @@ public final class XPointerHandler exten
-         super.setProperty(propertyId, value);
-     }
- 
--}
-\ No newline at end of file
-+}
diff --git a/xerces-j2-parsing.patch b/xerces-j2-parsing.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f09009..0000000
--- a/xerces-j2-parsing.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Index: xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java
-===================================================================
---- xerces-2_8_1.orig/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java	2006-09-14 03:23:36.000000000 +0200
-+++ xerces-2_8_1/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java	2009-08-17 12:02:22.811296491 +0200
-@@ -1026,6 +1026,14 @@
-                     if (XMLChar.isMarkup(c) || c == ']') {
-                         fStringBuffer.append((char)fEntityScanner.scanChar());
-                     }
-+                    else if (XMLChar.isHighSurrogate(c)) {
-+                        scanSurrogates(fStringBuffer);
-+                    }
-+                    else if (isInvalidLiteral(c)) {
-+                        reportFatalError("InvalidCharInSystemID",
-+                                new Object[] { Integer.toHexString(c) }); 
-+                        fEntityScanner.scanChar();
-+                    }
-                 } while (fEntityScanner.scanLiteral(quote, ident) != quote);
-                 fStringBuffer.append(ident);
-                 ident = fStringBuffer;
diff --git a/xerces-j2-version.1 b/xerces-j2-version.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ae1074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xerces-j2-version.1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.TH XERCES-J2-VERSION 1 "08 April 2013" "xerces-2.11.0" "User commands"
+
+.SH NAME
+xerces-j2-version \- display version of Xerces2 Java Parser
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.BR xerces-j2-version
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+Xerces-J2-Version prints version of Xerces2 Java Parser to standard
+output.
diff --git a/xerces-j2.spec b/xerces-j2.spec
index 7925324..1a4d325 100644
--- a/xerces-j2.spec
+++ b/xerces-j2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xerces-j2
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,25 +18,22 @@
 
 Name:           xerces-j2
 %define name		xerces-j2
-%define version	2.8.1
-%define cvs_version	2_8_1
+%define version	2.11.0
+%define cvs_version	2_11_0
 %define release		3jpp
 %define section		free
-Version:        2.8.1
+Version:        2.11.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Java XML parser
 License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 Url:            http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/
-Source0:        Xerces-J-src.%{version}.tar.bz2
-Source1:        %{name}-version.sh
-Source2:        %{name}-constants.sh
-Source3:        Xerces-J-tools.%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch1:         java150_build.patch
-Patch2:         %{name}-%{version}_new_unsupported_dom_methods.patch
-#PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM bnc#530717
-#http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=787352
-Patch3:         xerces-j2-parsing.patch
+Source0:        http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/xerces/j/source/Xerces-J-src.%{version}.tar.gz
+Source2:        http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/xerces/j/source/Xerces-J-tools.%{version}.tar.gz
+Source3:        %{name}-version.sh
+Source4:        %{name}-version.1
+Source5:        %{name}-constants.sh
+Source6:        %{name}-constants.1
 Provides:       jaxp_parser_impl
 PreReq:         update-alternatives /bin/ln
 # some build requirements removed to enable jpackage bootstrap. this is
@@ -169,11 +166,18 @@ This package contains the APIs subproject of xml-commons.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n xerces-%{cvs_version}
-%setup -q -T -a 3 -D -n xerces-%{cvs_version}
+%setup -q -T -a 2 -D -n xerces-%{cvs_version}
 %setup -T -D -n xerces-%{cvs_version}
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
-%patch3 -p1 -b .parsing
+
+# Copy the custom ant tasks into place
+mkdir -p tools/org/apache/xerces/util
+mkdir -p tools/bin
+
+# Make sure upstream hasn't sneaked in any jars we don't know about
+#find -name '*.class' -exec rm -f '{}' \;
+#find -name '*.jar' -exec rm -f '{}' \;
+
+sed -i 's/\r//' LICENSE README NOTICE build.sh
 
 %build
 ## this uses the ant.jar provided by the xerces packages. Tough luck,
@@ -183,7 +187,6 @@ export JAVA_HOME=%{_libdir}/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj
 export GC_MAXIMUM_HEAP_SIZE="134217728"
 export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:`build-classpath antlr-bootstrap`
 sh build.sh jars
-
 #ant tests test
 
 %install
@@ -212,9 +215,6 @@ ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives \
 ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives \
   $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/xml-commons-resolver.jar
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post
 /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --install %{_javadir}/jaxp_parser_impl.jar jaxp_parser_impl  %{_javadir}/%{name}.jar 23
 /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --auto jaxp_parser_impl