diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_check_license_headers.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_check_license_headers.yaml
index f3b13afc153..b6c0e4f0bd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_check_license_headers.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_check_license_headers.yaml
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Apache RAT
         run: |
           java -jar apache-rat-0.16.1.jar -d . -E .rat-excludes | grep "== File:" && echo "The files listed above are missing license headers." && exit 1 || echo "All files have license headers."
+
diff --git a/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml b/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
index c1459d50d78..8c076cc2d1e 100644
--- a/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build/optaplanner-build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- Normal dependency versions -->
     <version.ch.qos.logback>1.4.14</version.ch.qos.logback>
     <version.org.apache.logging.log4j>2.22.1</version.org.apache.logging.log4j>
-    <version.com.thoughtworks.xstream>1.4.20</version.com.thoughtworks.xstream>
+    <version.com.thoughtworks.xstream>1.4.21</version.com.thoughtworks.xstream>
     <version.io.quarkiverse.operatorsdk>6.6.7</version.io.quarkiverse.operatorsdk>
     <version.io.quarkus>3.8.6</version.io.quarkus>
     <version.org.apache.commons.math3>3.6.1</version.org.apache.commons.math3>