diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bbe4d6da8ed..37e5e3a68a01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore />
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 								<pluginExecution>
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore />
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 								<pluginExecution>
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>
-										<ignore />
+										<ignore/>
 									</action>
 								</pluginExecution>
 							</pluginExecutions>
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@
 		<hibernateSearchVersion>5.11.10.Final</hibernateSearchVersion>
 		<luceneVersion>5.5.5</luceneVersion>
 		<aspectjVersion>1.9.9.1</aspectjVersion>
-		<jacksonVersion>2.13.3</jacksonVersion>
+		<jacksonVersion>2.17.2</jacksonVersion>
 		<junitVersion>5.8.2</junitVersion>
 		<mockitoVersion>3.12.4</mockitoVersion>
 		<hamcrestVersion>2.2</hamcrestVersion>
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@
 		<log4jVersion>2.17.2</log4jVersion>
 		<owaspCsrfGuardVersion>4.1.4</owaspCsrfGuardVersion>
 
-		<customArgLineForTesting />
+		<customArgLineForTesting/>
 
 		<sonar.host.url>https://sonar.openmrs.org</sonar.host.url>		
 		<sonar.issuesReport.html.enable>true</sonar.issuesReport.html.enable>