diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28a20e2fe0e1..5b2e7c0a6b71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
         <wildfly.version>27.0.1.Final</wildfly.version>
         <wildfly.build-tools.version>1.2.13.Final</wildfly.build-tools.version>
-        <wildfly.core.version>19.0.1.Final</wildfly.core.version>
+        <wildfly.core.version>24.0.0.Final</wildfly.core.version>
         <wildfly.jakarta.adapters>true</wildfly.jakarta.adapters>
         <apache.httpcomponents.fuse.version>4.5.2</apache.httpcomponents.fuse.version>
         <apache.httpcomponents.httpcore.fuse.version>4.4.4</apache.httpcomponents.httpcore.fuse.version>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         <surefire.memory.metaspace>96m</surefire.memory.metaspace>
         <surefire.memory.metaspace.max>512m</surefire.memory.metaspace.max>
         <surefire.memory.settings>-Xms${surefire.memory.Xms} -Xmx${surefire.memory.Xmx} -XX:MetaspaceSize=${surefire.memory.metaspace} -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=${surefire.memory.metaspace.max}</surefire.memory.settings>
-        <surefire.system.args></surefire.system.args>
+        <surefire.system.args/>
 
         <!-- Tomcat versions -->
         <tomcat8.version>8.5.76</tomcat8.version>
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
-    <contributors></contributors>
+    <contributors/>
 
     <modules>
         <module>boms</module>