diff --git a/jee-kotlin/pom.xml b/jee-kotlin/pom.xml
index 17163ba23c58..faa4f9978fc4 100644
--- a/jee-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/jee-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
         <kotlin.compiler.incremental>true</kotlin.compiler.incremental>
 
 
-        <wildfly.version>8.2.1.Final</wildfly.version>
+        <wildfly.version>9.0.0.Final</wildfly.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b47ffe3a6a1..a600e35465e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 								<pluginExecution>
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore></ignore>
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@
 
 		<!-- 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-->