diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-non-spring-app/pom.xml b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-non-spring-app/pom.xml
index cf1b6b222181..5c6b3e8bcac2 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-non-spring-app/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-non-spring-app/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>cxf-server-non-spring</artifactId>
   <packaging>war</packaging>
   <name>cxf-server-non-spring</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>
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
     <logback-version>1.2.0</logback-version>
     <servlet-api-version>2.5</servlet-api-version>
     <beanvalidation-version>1.1.0.Final</beanvalidation-version>
-    <cxf-version>3.3.0</cxf-version>
+    <cxf-version>3.5.10</cxf-version>
     <jackson-jaxrs-version>2.9.9</jackson-jaxrs-version>
     <javax-annotation-version>1.3.2</javax-annotation-version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>