diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3765cd82..e98d1340 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <surefire.version>3.0.0-M3</surefire.version>
     <typography.version>4.0.3-SNAPSHOT</typography.version>
     <unittests>com.itextpdf.test.annotations.type.UnitTest</unittests>
-    <hsqldb.version>2.7.2</hsqldb.version>
+    <hsqldb.version>2.7.3</hsqldb.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
                 <featureBranchPrefix>feature/</featureBranchPrefix>
                 <releaseBranchPrefix>release/</releaseBranchPrefix>
                 <hotfixBranchPrefix>hotfix/</hotfixBranchPrefix>
-                <versionTagPrefix />
+                <versionTagPrefix/>
               </flowInitContext>
               <allowUntracked>true</allowUntracked>
               <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>