diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f07d2dbe70a57..89ccf3d0b9c8b 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>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <grpc.version>1.33.0</grpc.version>
     <perfmark.version>0.19.0</perfmark.version>
     <protoc-gen-grpc-java.version>${grpc.version}</protoc-gen-grpc-java.version>
-    <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
+    <gson.version>2.14.0</gson.version>
     <sketches.version>0.8.3</sketches.version>
     <hbc-core.version>2.2.0</hbc-core.version>
     <cassandra-driver-core.version>3.6.0</cassandra-driver-core.version>