diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d69e295285d7..ce9ebd2a88144 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     <!-- managed up from 3.2.1 for SPARK-11652 -->
     <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
     <commons.collections4.version>4.4</commons.collections4.version>
-    <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
+    <scala.version>2.13.18</scala.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
     <scalatest-maven-plugin.version>2.2.0</scalatest-maven-plugin.version>
     <!--
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@
 
     <!-- Some UI tests require Chrome and Chrome driver installed so those tests are disabled by default. -->
     <test.default.exclude.tags>org.apache.spark.tags.ChromeUITest</test.default.exclude.tags>
-    <test.exclude.tags></test.exclude.tags>
-    <test.include.tags></test.include.tags>
+    <test.exclude.tags/>
+    <test.include.tags/>
 
     <test.jdwp.address>localhost:0</test.jdwp.address>
     <test.jdwp.suspend>y</test.jdwp.suspend>
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
       things breaking.
     -->
     <spark.test.home>${session.executionRootDirectory}</spark.test.home>
-    <spark.test.webdriver.chrome.driver></spark.test.webdriver.chrome.driver>
+    <spark.test.webdriver.chrome.driver/>
     <spark.test.docker.keepContainer>false</spark.test.docker.keepContainer>
     <spark.test.docker.removePulledImage>true</spark.test.docker.removePulledImage>
 
@@ -3369,7 +3369,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <target>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/tmp" />
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/tmp"/>
               </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@
          SPARK-34774 Add this property to ensure change-scala-version.sh can replace the public `scala.version`
          property correctly.
         -->
-        <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.18</scala.version>
       </properties>
       <build>
         <pluginManagement>
@@ -3583,7 +3583,7 @@
     <profile>
       <id>scala-2.13</id>
       <properties>
-        <scala.version>2.13.8</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.18</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
       </properties>
       <build>
@@ -3770,7 +3770,7 @@
                         </goals>
                       </pluginExecutionFilter>
                       <action>
-                        <ignore></ignore>
+                        <ignore/>
                       </action>
                     </pluginExecution>
                     <pluginExecution>
@@ -3783,7 +3783,7 @@
                         </goals>
                       </pluginExecutionFilter>
                       <action>
-                        <ignore></ignore>
+                        <ignore/>
                       </action>
                     </pluginExecution>
                     <pluginExecution>
@@ -3796,7 +3796,7 @@
                         </goals>
                       </pluginExecutionFilter>
                       <action>
-                        <ignore></ignore>
+                        <ignore/>
                       </action>
                     </pluginExecution>
                   </pluginExecutions>