diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6ed3d06829..e09071c1688 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
         <version>7</version>
-        <relativePath />
+        <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
     <description>
@@ -532,8 +532,8 @@
                             <target>
                                 <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated xdocs</echo>
                                 <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/rules" includes="**/*.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
+                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/rules" includes="**/*.xml"/>
+                                    <fileset dir="${src.xdocs.dir}/" includes="mergedruleset.xml"/>
                                 </delete>
                             </target>
                         </configuration>
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
                 <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-                <version>5.0.4</version>
+                <version>5.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>