diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2cbd218fdcd4..4aaaabc88712 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 								<pluginExecution>
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@
 
 		<!-- 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>2.22.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
diff --git a/rxjava-2/pom.xml b/rxjava-2/pom.xml
index 47d16ec8dded..1f74d45d1069 100644
--- a/rxjava-2/pom.xml
+++ b/rxjava-2/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<properties>
-		<assertj.version>3.8.0</assertj.version>
+		<assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
 		<rx.java2.version>2.2.2</rx.java2.version>
 		<awaitility.version>1.7.0</awaitility.version>
 		<rxrelay.version>2.0.0</rxrelay.version>