diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2cbd218fdcd4..c1b446083f98 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>
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
 		<moneta.version>1.1</moneta.version>
-		<esapi.version>2.1.0.1</esapi.version>
+		<esapi.version>2.5.2.0</esapi.version>
 		<jmh-core.version>1.19</jmh-core.version>
 		<jmh-generator.version>1.19</jmh-generator.version>
 		<hamcrest-all.version>1.3</hamcrest-all.version>