diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 463133d6f..6f53133fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <inceptionYear>2011</inceptionYear>
     <issueManagement>
         <system>GitHub Issue Tracking</system>
-        <url />
+        <url/>
     </issueManagement>
     <licenses>
         <license>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <scm.branch>master</scm.branch>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>