diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1341f216f6e43..c91ca0f011fc3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-    <test.additional.args></test.additional.args>
+    <test.additional.args/>
     <testReuseFork>true</testReuseFork>
     <testForkCount>4</testForkCount>
     <testRealAWS>false</testRealAWS>
     <testRetryCount>1</testRetryCount>
-    <testJacocoAgentArgument></testJacocoAgentArgument>
+    <testJacocoAgentArgument/>
     <docker.organization>apachepulsar</docker.organization>
     <skipSourceReleaseAssembly>false</skipSourceReleaseAssembly>
     <skipBuildDistribution>false</skipBuildDistribution>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <zt-zip.version>1.17</zt-zip.version>
     <protobuf3.version>3.25.5</protobuf3.version>
     <protoc3.version>${protobuf3.version}</protoc3.version>
-    <grpc.version>1.45.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.48.0</grpc.version>
     <google-http-client.version>1.41.0</google-http-client.version>
     <perfmark.version>0.19.0</perfmark.version>
     <protoc-gen-grpc-java.version>${grpc.version}</protoc-gen-grpc-java.version>