diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 24d9fd1d0bfc..4d796d773228 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                             </pluginExecutions>
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.30</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
         <!-- can't upgrade the plugin yet; as there is an issue with 2.22 no longer running all the tests-->
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-consul/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-consul/pom.xml
index f7f5f84c5669..68e3a86e3b75 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-consul/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-consul/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring-cloud-starter-consul.version>1.3.0.RELEASE</spring-cloud-starter-consul.version>
+        <spring-cloud-starter-consul.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring-cloud-starter-consul.version>
         <spring-boot-starter-test.version>1.5.10.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter-test.version>
     </properties>