diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a068f7f0d1..78984285464 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
         <logback.version>1.2.11</logback.version>
         <opensaml.version>4.1.1</opensaml.version>
         <cache2k.version>2.0.0.Final</cache2k.version>
-        <testng.version>7.6.1</testng.version>
+        <testng.version>7.7.0</testng.version>
         <xml.resolver.version>1.2</xml.resolver.version>
         <xmlunit.version>2.8.2</xmlunit.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.5.3.Final</hibernate.version>
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@
                         <id>git-describe</id>
                         <phase>initialize</phase>
                         <configuration>
-                            <outputPrefix></outputPrefix>
+                            <outputPrefix/>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>