diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/java-microprofile/pom.xml b/samples/server/petstore/java-microprofile/pom.xml
index 21bc94702f22..3f4d311a602a 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/java-microprofile/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/java-microprofile/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>openapi-microprofile-server</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>openapi-microprofile-server</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>
   <build>
     <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <microprofile.rest.client.api.version>2.0</microprofile.rest.client.api.version>
     <smallrye.rest.client.version>1.2.1</smallrye.rest.client.version>
     <smallrye.config.version>1.3.5</smallrye.config.version>
-    <cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>3.2.6</cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>
+    <cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>3.5.10</cxf.rt.rs.extension.providers.version>
     <jaxb.core.version>2.2.11</jaxb.core.version>
     <jaxb.impl.version>2.2.11</jaxb.impl.version>
     <hibernate.validator.version>5.2.2.Final</hibernate.validator.version>