diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
index 24956745e407..b9f149b06113 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore />
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore />
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                             </pluginExecutions>
@@ -547,9 +547,9 @@
                     <diffChangeLogFile>src/main/resources/config/liquibase/changelog/${maven.build.timestamp}_changelog.xml</diffChangeLogFile>
                     <driver>org.h2.Driver</driver>
                     <url>jdbc:h2:file:./target/h2db/db/baeldung</url>
-                    <defaultSchemaName />
+                    <defaultSchemaName/>
                     <username>baeldung</username>
-                    <password />
+                    <password/>
                     <referenceUrl>hibernate:spring:com.baeldung.domain?dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect&amp;hibernate.physical_naming_strategy=org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.hibernate.SpringPhysicalNamingStrategy&amp;hibernate.implicit_naming_strategy=org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.hibernate.SpringImplicitNamingStrategy</referenceUrl>
                     <verbose>true</verbose>
                     <logging>debug</logging>
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
         <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.3</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
         <gatling-maven-plugin.version>2.2.1</gatling-maven-plugin.version>
         <gatling.version>2.2.3</gatling.version>
-        <hibernate.version>5.2.8.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.3.38.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hikaricp.version>2.6.0</hikaricp.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.7.9</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version>
@@ -915,8 +915,8 @@
         <node.version>v6.10.0</node.version>
         <npm.version>4.3.0</npm.version>
         <!-- These remain empty unless the corresponding profile is active -->
-        <profile.no-liquibase />
-        <profile.swagger />
+        <profile.no-liquibase/>
+        <profile.swagger/>
         <!-- Sonar properties -->
         <project.testresult.directory>${project.build.directory}/test-results</project.testresult.directory>
         <prometheus-simpleclient.version>0.0.20</prometheus-simpleclient.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be6029a94602..5cfe8cacb99c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 								<pluginExecution>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@
 		<mockito.version>2.21.0</mockito.version>
 		<!-- logging -->
 		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+		<logback.version>1.5.25</logback.version>
 		<!-- plugins -->
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>