diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8760aab3b4fc..c9edd0c425ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache</artifactId>
         <version>11</version>
-        <relativePath />
+        <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
         <cs.reflections.version>0.9.12</cs.reflections.version>
         <cs.servicemix.version>3.3.3_1</cs.servicemix.version>
         <cs.servlet.version>4.0.1</cs.servlet.version>
-        <cs.tomcat-embed-core.version>8.5.47</cs.tomcat-embed-core.version>
+        <cs.tomcat-embed-core.version>8.5.76</cs.tomcat-embed-core.version>
         <cs.trilead.version>1.0.0-build222</cs.trilead.version>
         <cs.vmware.api.version>6.7</cs.vmware.api.version>
         <cs.winrm4j.version>0.5.0</cs.winrm4j.version>
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore />
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore />
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                             </pluginExecutions>