diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml
index bb88fe50d589..84c061484847 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>cxf-annotated-basepath</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
   <name>cxf-annotated-basepath</name>
-  <description>This is a sample server Petstore server. For this sample, you can use the api key &#x60;special-key&#x60; to test the authorization filters.</description>
+  <description>This is a sample server Petstore server. For this sample, you can use the api key `special-key` to test the authorization filters.</description>
   <version>1.0.0</version>
 
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     <swagger-core-version>1.5.22</swagger-core-version>
     <jetty-version>9.2.9.v20150224</jetty-version>
     <junit-version>4.13</junit-version>
-    <logback-version>1.2.0</logback-version>
+    <logback-version>1.5.25</logback-version>
     <beanvalidation-version>2.0.2</beanvalidation-version>
     <cxf-version>3.3.0</cxf-version>
     <jackson-jaxrs-version>2.9.9</jackson-jaxrs-version>