diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 408e03bc5f3..37dc11344bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         <commons.cli>1.5.0</commons.cli>
         <cxf.version>4.0.1</cxf.version>
         <cxf-xjc.version>3.3.1</cxf-xjc.version>
-        <wss4j.version>2.3.3</wss4j.version>
+        <wss4j.version>2.4.3</wss4j.version>
         <opendj.version>2.6.2</opendj.version>
         <quartz.version>2.3.2.e3</quartz.version>
         <opensaml.version>4.1.1</opensaml.version>
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@
                         <id>git-describe</id>
                         <phase>initialize</phase>
                         <configuration>
-                            <outputPrefix></outputPrefix>
+                            <outputPrefix/>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>