diff --git a/config-magic/pom.xml b/config-magic/pom.xml
index b0fd15f7..37b91b4f 100644
--- a/config-magic/pom.xml
+++ b/config-magic/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Don't run JUnit tests -->
-                    <groups />
+                    <groups/>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/metrics-api/pom.xml b/metrics-api/pom.xml
index 365302aa..985bbec6 100644
--- a/metrics-api/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-api/pom.xml
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
     <properties>
         <check.spotbugs-exclude-filter-file>spotbugs-exclude.xml</check.spotbugs-exclude-filter-file>
     </properties>
-    <dependencies />
+    <dependencies/>
 </project>