diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94e6f1b..017865f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <dist.dir>${project.build.directory}/dist</dist.dir>
         <jackson.version>2.10.0</jackson.version>
         <java.numeric.version>1.8</java.numeric.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.6.2</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.8.1</kafka.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
                                 <chmod dir="${dist.dir}" perm="700">
-                                    <include name="**/*.sh" />
+                                    <include name="**/*.sh"/>
                                 </chmod>
                             </target>
                         </configuration>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
                                                 </goals>
                                             </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                             <action>
-                                                <ignore />
+                                                <ignore/>
                                             </action>
                                         </pluginExecution>
                                         <pluginExecution>
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
                                                 </goals>
                                             </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                             <action>
-                                                <ignore />
+                                                <ignore/>
                                             </action>
                                         </pluginExecution>
                                     </pluginExecutions>
@@ -459,10 +459,10 @@
                                 <phase>package</phase>
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
-                                        <copy file="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-shaded.jar" tofile="${dist.dir}/mirus.jar" />
+                                        <copy file="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-shaded.jar" tofile="${dist.dir}/mirus.jar"/>
                                         <!-- Grant execute permission to all shell scripts in package dir by setting it to 755 -->
                                         <chmod dir="${dist.dir}" perm="755">
-                                            <include name="**/*.sh" />
+                                            <include name="**/*.sh"/>
                                         </chmod>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>