diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f07d2dbe70a57..7f8090c502eec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-    <test.additional.args></test.additional.args>
+    <test.additional.args/>
     <testReuseFork>true</testReuseFork>
     <testForkCount>4</testForkCount>
     <testRealAWS>false</testRealAWS>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <avro.version>1.10.2</avro.version>
     <joda.version>2.10.5</joda.version>
     <jclouds.version>2.3.0</jclouds.version>
-    <sqlite-jdbc.version>3.8.11.2</sqlite-jdbc.version>
+    <sqlite-jdbc.version>3.53.0.0</sqlite-jdbc.version>
     <mysql-jdbc.version>8.0.11</mysql-jdbc.version>
     <postgresql-jdbc.version>42.2.12</postgresql-jdbc.version>
     <clickhouse-jdbc.version>0.2.4</clickhouse-jdbc.version>