diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a472b4d06b5..fa4afb88b548 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
             --add-opens=java.management/javax.management=ALL-UNNAMED
             --add-opens=java.naming/javax.naming=ALL-UNNAMED
         </modular.jdk.args>
-        <modular.jdk.props></modular.jdk.props>
+        <modular.jdk.props/>
 
         <!--
             See ChildFirstClassLoaderBuilder in model-test for the explanation of the org.jboss.model.test.cache.root and org.jboss.model.test.classpath.cache properties.
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
         <!-- First, prefix to add to the standard maven child project whose output should be used.
              An empty value means no prefix.
              Custom test jobs can override this using -D, e.g. -Dtestsuite.default.build.project.prefix=ee- -->
-        <testsuite.default.build.project.prefix></testsuite.default.build.project.prefix>
+        <testsuite.default.build.project.prefix/>
         <wildfly.build.output.dir>${testsuite.default.build.project.prefix}build/target/${server.output.dir.prefix}-${server.output.dir.version}</wildfly.build.output.dir>
 
         <!-- Protocol to use for communication with remote maven repositories.
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@
         <maven.repository.url>${maven.repository.protocol}://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</maven.repository.url>
 
         <!-- Surefire args -->
-        <surefire.extra.args></surefire.extra.args>
-        <surefire.jpda.args></surefire.jpda.args>
+        <surefire.extra.args/>
+        <surefire.jpda.args/>
         <surefire.non-modular.system.args>-ea -Duser.region=US -Duser.language=en -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024m ${surefire.jpda.args} ${surefire.extra.args} ${surefire.jacoco.args}</surefire.non-modular.system.args>
         <surefire.system.args>${modular.jdk.args} ${modular.jdk.props} ${surefire.non-modular.system.args}</surefire.system.args>
         <arquillian.servlet.protocol>Servlet 5.0</arquillian.servlet.protocol>
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
         <legacy.version.jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api>1.0.5</legacy.version.jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api>
         <version.jaxen>1.1.6</version.jaxen>
         <version.jsoup>1.15.4</version.jsoup>
-        <version.junit>4.13.1</version.junit>
+        <version.junit>4.13.2</version.junit>
         <version.org.apache.ds>2.0.0.AM26</version.org.apache.ds>
         <version.org.apache.groovy>4.0.21</version.org.apache.groovy>
         <version.org.awaitility.awaitility>4.0.3</version.org.awaitility.awaitility>
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@
                         <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
                         <excludes>**/*$logger.java,**/*$bundle.java,**/*$___Marshaller_*.java,**/*SerializationContextInitializerImpl.java</excludes>
                         <suppressionsLocation>checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
-                        <useFile></useFile>
+                        <useFile/>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
 
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@
                                             <exclude>org.jboss:jandex</exclude>
                                         </excludes>
                                     </bannedDependencies>
-                                    <dependencyConvergence></dependencyConvergence>
+                                    <dependencyConvergence/>
                                 </rules>
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore></ignore>
+                                        <ignore/>
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                             </pluginExecutions>
@@ -1352,9 +1352,9 @@
                         <attributes>
                             <source-highlighter>coderay</source-highlighter>
                             <icons>font</icons>
-                            <pagenums></pagenums>
+                            <pagenums/>
                             <version>${project.version}</version>
-                            <idprefix></idprefix>
+                            <idprefix/>
                             <idseparator>-</idseparator>
                             <allow-uri-read>true</allow-uri-read>
                             <wildflyVersion>${product.docs.server.version}</wildflyVersion>
@@ -1722,37 +1722,37 @@
                                 <inherited>false</inherited>
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
-                                        <taskdef classname="org.jacoco.ant.ReportTask" name="report"></taskdef>
+                                        <taskdef classname="org.jacoco.ant.ReportTask" name="report"/>
                                         <echo>Creating JaCoCo test coverage reports...</echo>
-                                        <mkdir dir="${basedir}/target/coverage-report"></mkdir>
+                                        <mkdir dir="${basedir}/target/coverage-report"/>
                                         <report>
                                             <executiondata>
                                                 <fileset dir="${basedir}">
-                                                    <include name="**/target/jacoco.exec"></include>
+                                                    <include name="**/target/jacoco.exec"/>
                                                 </fileset>
                                             </executiondata>
                                             <structure name="WildFly project">
                                                 <classfiles>
                                                     <fileset dir="${jboss.dist}/modules">
-                                                        <include name="**/*.jar"></include>
+                                                        <include name="**/*.jar"/>
                                                         <!-- Excludes solve "Can't add different class with same name: ..." -->
-                                                        <exclude name="**/openjdk-orb*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/jboss-marshalling*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/hornetq-core-client*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/jipijapa-hibernate5*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/infinispan-commons*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/jboss-logmanager*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/wildfly-common*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/wildfly-elytron*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/jaxb*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/h2-*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/snakeyaml-*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/yasson-*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/bcprov-*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/lucene-*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/log4j-api-*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/vertx-core-*.jar"></exclude>
-                                                        <exclude name="**/opentelemetry-sdk-common-*.jar"></exclude>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/openjdk-orb*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/jboss-marshalling*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/hornetq-core-client*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/jipijapa-hibernate5*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/infinispan-commons*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/jboss-logmanager*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/wildfly-common*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/wildfly-elytron*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/jaxb*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/h2-*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/snakeyaml-*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/yasson-*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/bcprov-*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/lucene-*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/log4j-api-*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/vertx-core-*.jar"/>
+                                                        <exclude name="**/opentelemetry-sdk-common-*.jar"/>
                                                     </fileset>
                                                 </classfiles>
                                                 <sourcefiles encoding="UTF-8">
@@ -1761,9 +1761,9 @@
                                                     </dirset>
                                                 </sourcefiles>
                                             </structure>
-                                            <html destdir="${basedir}/target/coverage-report/html"></html>
-                                            <xml destfile="${basedir}/target/coverage-report/coverage-report.xml"></xml>
-                                            <csv destfile="${basedir}/target/coverage-report/coverage-report.csv"></csv>
+                                            <html destdir="${basedir}/target/coverage-report/html"/>
+                                            <xml destfile="${basedir}/target/coverage-report/coverage-report.xml"/>
+                                            <csv destfile="${basedir}/target/coverage-report/coverage-report.csv"/>
                                         </report>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <surefire.jacoco.args></surefire.jacoco.args>
+                <surefire.jacoco.args/>
             </properties>
         </profile>
         <profile>