diff --git a/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml
index d3bf1b1fb7b6..ce393b7eaa31 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.3.38.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-jpa.version>1.0.0.Final</hibernate-jpa.version>
         <querydsl.version>4.1.4</querydsl.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.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>