diff --git a/quickfixj-core/pom.xml b/quickfixj-core/pom.xml
index 929e73cae3..325eee66f6 100644
--- a/quickfixj-core/pom.xml
+++ b/quickfixj-core/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>
             <artifactId>mina-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.5</version>
+            <version>2.1.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
                             <!-- add the required imports -->
                             quickfix,quickfix.field,*
                         </Import-Package>
-                        <Private-Package />
+                        <Private-Package/>
                     </instructions>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin-version}</version>
-                <reportSets />
+                <reportSets/>
                 <configuration>
                     <showSuccess>true</showSuccess>
                 </configuration>
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
                 </property>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <acceptance.tests />
+                <acceptance.tests/>
             </properties>
         </profile>
         <!-- select different java options on JDK8 for surefire since otherwise the build will fail -->