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>
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index 16f628660600..1d3a8ad86ab6 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
-        <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>5.3.38.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.73</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <derby.version>10.13.1.1</derby.version>