diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6219bbc6927b..4b663e86fe77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                             </pluginExecutions>
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.6</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.5.14</logback.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
diff --git a/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml b/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
index 82ce988bac7f..497f79c83f47 100644
--- a/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version>
-        <gatling.version>3.3.1</gatling.version>
+        <gatling.version>3.4.0</gatling.version>
         <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.3.0</scala-maven-plugin.version>
         <gatling-maven-plugin.version>3.0.4</gatling-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>