diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d97f348f6d545..e56839e769ef1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <derby.version>10.12.1.1</derby.version>
     <parquet.version>1.7.0</parquet.version>
     <hive.parquet.version>1.6.0</hive.parquet.version>
-    <jetty.version>9.2.16.v20160414</jetty.version>
+    <jetty.version>9.2.27.v20190403</jetty.version>
     <javaxservlet.version>3.1.0</javaxservlet.version>
     <chill.version>0.8.0</chill.version>
     <ivy.version>2.4.0</ivy.version>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     <maven-antrun.version>1.8</maven-antrun.version>
 
     <test.java.home>${java.home}</test.java.home>
-    <test.exclude.tags></test.exclude.tags>
+    <test.exclude.tags/>
 
     <!-- When using different JDKs for the build, we can't use Zinc for the jdk8 part. -->
     <useZincForJdk8>true</useZincForJdk8>
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <target>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/tmp" />
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/tmp"/>
               </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>