diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1341f216f6e43..e555117f621f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-    <test.additional.args></test.additional.args>
+    <test.additional.args/>
     <testReuseFork>true</testReuseFork>
     <testForkCount>4</testForkCount>
     <testRealAWS>false</testRealAWS>
     <testRetryCount>1</testRetryCount>
-    <testJacocoAgentArgument></testJacocoAgentArgument>
+    <testJacocoAgentArgument/>
     <docker.organization>apachepulsar</docker.organization>
     <skipSourceReleaseAssembly>false</skipSourceReleaseAssembly>
     <skipBuildDistribution>false</skipBuildDistribution>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
     <scala-library.version>2.13.10</scala-library.version>
     <debezium.version>2.6.1.Final</debezium.version>
-    <debezium.postgresql.version>42.5.0</debezium.postgresql.version>
+    <debezium.postgresql.version>42.7.11</debezium.postgresql.version>
     <debezium.mysql.version>8.0.30</debezium.mysql.version>
     <!-- Override version that brings CVE-2022-3143 with debezium -->
     <wildfly-elytron.version>1.15.16.Final</wildfly-elytron.version>