diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ac4c2e4b..b8a343f68 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <BUILD_NUMBER></BUILD_NUMBER>
+    <BUILD_NUMBER/>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMdd-HHmm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
     <build.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</build.timestamp>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <gson-version>2.10.1</gson-version>
     <thrift-version>0.20.0</thrift-version>
     <eclipse-collections-version>11.1.0</eclipse-collections-version>
-    <log4j2-version>2.23.1</log4j2-version>
+    <log4j2-version>2.25.4</log4j2-version>
     <slf4j-version>1.7.36</slf4j-version>
     <javax-json-version>1.1.4</javax-json-version>
     <datadoghq-version>2.7</datadoghq-version>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>