diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c910653..3ff4f0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     <!-- use org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-scm-publish-plugin instead of org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin -->
     <maven.site.deploy.skip>true</maven.site.deploy.skip>
-    <maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
+    <maven.version>3.9.7</maven.version>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@
                 <requireMavenVersion>
                   <version>[${maven.version},)</version>
                 </requireMavenVersion>
-                <dependencyConvergence></dependencyConvergence>
-                <reactorModuleConvergence></reactorModuleConvergence>
+                <dependencyConvergence/>
+                <reactorModuleConvergence/>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
           </execution>