diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml
index 4a823e30d17..c44e4305ae9 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-cxf-annotated-base-path/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <artifactId>swagger-cxf-annotated-basepath</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <name>swagger-cxf-annotated-basepath</name>
-    <description>This is a sample server Petstore server.  You can find out more about Swagger at [http://swagger.io](http://swagger.io) or on [irc.freenode.net, #swagger](http://swagger.io/irc/).  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.  You can find out more about Swagger at [http://swagger.io](http://swagger.io) or on [irc.freenode.net, #swagger](http://swagger.io/irc/).  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>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         <logback-version>1.1.7</logback-version>
         <servlet-api-version>2.5</servlet-api-version>
         <beanvalidation-version>1.1.0.Final</beanvalidation-version>
-        <cxf-version>3.2.1</cxf-version>
+        <cxf-version>3.5.10</cxf-version>
         <jackson-jaxrs-version>2.10.1</jackson-jaxrs-version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>