diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b5058763dc9..96f6cc2c903f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 								<pluginExecution>
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@
 
 		<!-- 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 -->
 		<!-- can't upgrade the plugin yet; as there is an issue with 2.22 no longer running all the tests-->