diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bbe4d6da8ed..b3d973403651 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 				<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-				<version>8.0.29</version>
+				<version>8.0.31</version>
 				<scope>runtime</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
@@ -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>
@@ -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>