diff --git a/libraries-2/pom.xml b/libraries-2/pom.xml
index 6303c0cab599..8ec54202e262 100644
--- a/libraries-2/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-2/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<properties>
-		<assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
+		<assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
 		<classgraph.version>4.8.28</classgraph.version>
 		<jbpm.version>6.0.0.Final</jbpm.version>
 		<picocli.version>3.9.6</picocli.version>
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>