diff --git a/jee-7/pom.xml b/jee-7/pom.xml
index d389b57cd5f5..e52382a5251c 100644
--- a/jee-7/pom.xml
+++ b/jee-7/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
 		<jersey.version>2.25</jersey.version>
 		<arquillian-glassfish.version>1.0.0.Final</arquillian-glassfish.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>4.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
+		<org.springframework.security.version>5.8.14</org.springframework.security.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<taglibs.standard.version>1.1.2</taglibs.standard.version>
 		<commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>