diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ea3e3dd06..3ab5b436d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@
                     <nrOfIndentSpace>4</nrOfIndentSpace>
                     <sortPlugins>groupId,artifactId</sortPlugins>
                     <expandEmptyElements>false</expandEmptyElements>
+                    <spaceBeforeCloseEmptyElement>true</spaceBeforeCloseEmptyElement>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>