diff --git a/bom/openhab-ui/pom.xml b/bom/openhab-ui/pom.xml
index da7193e28..766ff5203 100644
--- a/bom/openhab-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/openhab-ui/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index fa7c30aef..e7d16bd54 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.basic/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.basic/pom.xml
index a15afc72f..1bafe0a12 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.basic/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.basic/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.cometvisu/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.cometvisu/pom.xml
index fa4f245d3..1c1341c5a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.cometvisu/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.cometvisu/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habot/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habot/pom.xml
index 7d50157ea..f4cd74e64 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habot/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habot/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.openhab.ui.bundles</groupId>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habpanel/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habpanel/pom.xml
index 9f5da2eaa..b8f417b4a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habpanel/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.habpanel/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.iconset.classic/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.iconset.classic/pom.xml
index f54eb2ce4..229ef6a3b 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui.iconset.classic/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui.iconset.classic/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/pom.xml
index 98d73cecb..ce13438dc 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
diff --git a/bundles/pom.xml b/bundles/pom.xml
index b8234db0f..e88365e8b 100644
--- a/bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/features/openhab-ui-external/pom.xml b/features/openhab-ui-external/pom.xml
index 2e5b6efff..c235e31d2 100644
--- a/features/openhab-ui-external/pom.xml
+++ b/features/openhab-ui-external/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/features/openhab-ui/pom.xml b/features/openhab-ui/pom.xml
index 1e19329bb..ad7e25624 100644
--- a/features/openhab-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/features/openhab-ui/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
                   </fileset>
                   <filterchain>
                     <linecontainsRegExp>
-                      <regexp
-                        pattern="(feature&gt;)|(feature\s)|(bundle&gt;)|(bundle\s)|(configfile&gt;)|(configfile\s)"/>
+                      <regexp pattern="(feature&gt;)|(feature\s)|(bundle&gt;)|(bundle\s)|(configfile&gt;)|(configfile\s)"/>
                     </linecontainsRegExp>
                   </filterchain>
                   <footer file="src/main/resources/footer.xml" filtering="no"/>
diff --git a/features/pom.xml b/features/pom.xml
index c6e0fdcb9..0a02bae83 100644
--- a/features/pom.xml
+++ b/features/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d928ac101..a7b8e92d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <karaf.version>4.4.7</karaf.version>
     <ohc.version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</ohc.version>
     <sat.version>0.17.0</sat.version>
-    <spotless.version>2.43.0</spotless.version>
+    <spotless.version>2.44.3</spotless.version>
     <!-- Eclipse Java formatter version 4.26+ does not check test files -->
     <spotless.eclipse.version>4.25</spotless.eclipse.version>
     <spotless.eclipse.wtp.version>4.21.0</spotless.eclipse.wtp.version>
@@ -335,10 +335,8 @@ Import-Package: \\
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.5.2</version>
           <configuration>
-            <argLine>
-              --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED
-              --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
-            </argLine>
+            <argLine>--add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED
+              --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
             <systemPropertyVariables>
               <junit.jupiter.execution.timeout.default>15 m</junit.jupiter.execution.timeout.default>
             </systemPropertyVariables>
@@ -425,29 +423,6 @@ Import-Package: \\
           </executions>
         </plugin>
 
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>com.github.ekryd.sortpom</groupId>
-          <artifactId>sortpom-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>4.0.0</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <predefinedSortOrder>recommended_2008_06</predefinedSortOrder>
-            <createBackupFile>false</createBackupFile>
-            <keepBlankLines>true</keepBlankLines>
-          </configuration>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>sortpom-verify</id>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>verify</goal>
-              </goals>
-              <phase>verify</phase>
-              <configuration>
-                <verifyFail>Stop</verifyFail>
-              </configuration>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-        </plugin>
-
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
           <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -464,6 +439,15 @@ Import-Package: \\
               </importOrder>
               <endWithNewline/>
             </java>
+            <pom>
+              <sortPom>
+                <expandEmptyElements>false</expandEmptyElements>
+                <indentAttribute>schemaLocation</indentAttribute>
+                <predefinedSortOrder>recommended_2008_06</predefinedSortOrder>
+                <sortDependencyExclusions/>
+                <sortDependencyManagement/>
+              </sortPom>
+            </pom>
             <formats>
               <format>
                 <!-- *.xml -->
@@ -503,21 +487,6 @@ Import-Package: \\
                 <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
                 <endWithNewline/>
               </format>
-              <format>
-                <!-- pom.xml -->
-                <includes>
-                  <include>pom.xml</include>
-                </includes>
-                <eclipseWtp>
-                  <type>XML</type>
-                  <files>
-                    <file>openhab_wst_pom_file.prefs</file>
-                  </files>
-                  <version>${spotless.eclipse.wtp.version}</version>
-                </eclipseWtp>
-                <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
-                <endWithNewline/>
-              </format>
             </formats>
           </configuration>
           <dependencies>
@@ -593,11 +562,6 @@ Import-Package: \\
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.github.ekryd.sortpom</groupId>
-        <artifactId>sortpom-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>