diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a19e62e547edf4513ce2a26ab0dfc28c646fac32..76e574027c5fdd90dd17a067f29d82b970029199 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
 	<contributors>
 	<contributor>
 			<name>Robin Mohr</name>
-			<email></email>
-			<organization></organization>
-			<organizationUrl></organizationUrl>
+			<email>-</email>
+			<organization>-</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>-</organizationUrl>
 			<timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
 			<roles>
 				<role>Committer</role>
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@
 	</contributor>
 	<contributor>
 			<name>Christian Claus Wiechmann</name>
-			<email></email>
-			<organization></organization>
-			<organizationUrl></organizationUrl>
+			<email>-</email>
+			<organization>-</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>-</organizationUrl>
 			<timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
 			<roles>
 				<role>Committer</role>