diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a068f7f0d1..51bd5fb0b7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
         <classgraph.version>4.8.146</classgraph.version>
         <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
         <jcommander.version>1.82</jcommander.version>
-        <qpid-broker.version>8.0.4</qpid-broker.version>
+        <qpid-broker.version>9.0.0</qpid-broker.version>
         <artemis.version>2.24.0</artemis.version> <!-- name matches property from Boot parent -->
         <asm.version>9.3</asm.version>
         <geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec.version>1.1.3</geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec.version>
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@
                         <id>git-describe</id>
                         <phase>initialize</phase>
                         <configuration>
-                            <outputPrefix></outputPrefix>
+                            <outputPrefix/>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>