diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84fa25337..7d25d10b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         <asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>2.2.6</asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>
         <asciidoctorj.diagram.version>2.3.1</asciidoctorj.diagram.version>
         <asciidoctorj.pdf.version>2.3.19</asciidoctorj.pdf.version>
-        <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.7</asciidoctorj.version>
+        <asciidoctorj.version>3.0.1</asciidoctorj.version>
         <jruby.version>9.4.12.0</jruby.version>
 
         <camel.version>3.22.4</camel.version>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
         <usng4j.version>0.5</usng4j.version>
         <xstream.version>1.4.21</xstream.version>
         <!-- Command line argument properties for the maven-surefire-plugin -->
-        <surefire.argline.append />
+        <surefire.argline.append/>
         <surefire.argline>${jacoco.argline} ${surefire.argline.append} -Xmx1024m -Djava.awt.headless=true -noverify -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dddf.version=${ddf.version}</surefire.argline>
     </properties>