diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e79109c520..4e82aaa257a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.14.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.13.0</commons-text.version>
-    <guava.version>33.4.0-jre</guava.version>
+    <guava.version>33.5.0-jre</guava.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
     <java.version>23</java.version>
     <jaxb.version>2.3.1</jaxb.version>
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@
               <includes>
                 <include>.gitignore</include>
               </includes>
-              <trimTrailingWhitespace></trimTrailingWhitespace>
-              <endWithNewline></endWithNewline>
+              <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
+              <endWithNewline/>
               <indent>
                 <tabs>true</tabs>
                 <spacesPerTab>4</spacesPerTab>
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
             <includes>
               <include>**/*.md</include>
             </includes>
-            <flexmark></flexmark>
+            <flexmark/>
           </markdown>
           <java>
             <includes>
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
               <include>src/test/java/**/*.java</include>
               <include>src/it/java/**/*.java</include>
             </includes>
-            <removeUnusedImports></removeUnusedImports>
+            <removeUnusedImports/>
             <googleJavaFormat>
               <style>GOOGLE</style>
               <reflowLongStrings>true</reflowLongStrings>