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 9e61cf651455..3b9c5aaabaaa 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>
 
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ for this project used jakarta.validation-api -->
     <swagger-core-version>1.5.22</swagger-core-version>
     <jetty-version>9.2.9.v20150224</jetty-version>
     <junit-version>4.13.2</junit-version>
-    <logback-version>1.4.14</logback-version>
+    <logback-version>1.5.19</logback-version>
     <beanvalidation-version>2.0.2</beanvalidation-version>
     <cxf-version>3.5.9</cxf-version>
     <jackson-jaxrs-version>2.17.1</jackson-jaxrs-version>