diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2e96ea6a0..c166cf019e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <commons-compress.version>1.27.1</commons-compress.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.14.0</commons-lang3.version>
-    <commons-text.version>1.12.0</commons-text.version>
+    <commons-text.version>1.14.0</commons-text.version>
     <guava.version>33.3.1-jre</guava.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
     <java.version>21</java.version>
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@
               <includes>
                 <include>.gitignore</include>
               </includes>
-              <trimTrailingWhitespace></trimTrailingWhitespace>
-              <endWithNewline></endWithNewline>
+              <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
+              <endWithNewline/>
               <indent>
                 <tabs>true</tabs>
                 <spacesPerTab>4</spacesPerTab>
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
             <includes>
               <include>**/*.md</include>
             </includes>
-            <flexmark></flexmark>
+            <flexmark/>
           </markdown>
           <java>
             <includes>
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
               <include>src/test/java/**/*.java</include>
               <include>src/it/java/**/*.java</include>
             </includes>
-            <removeUnusedImports></removeUnusedImports>
+            <removeUnusedImports/>
             <googleJavaFormat>
               <style>GOOGLE</style>
               <reflowLongStrings>true</reflowLongStrings>