diff --git a/abbot/src/plugin-test/sample-webstart/project.xml b/abbot/src/plugin-test/sample-webstart/project.xml
index 106fb2c9..fc401834 100644
--- a/abbot/src/plugin-test/sample-webstart/project.xml
+++ b/abbot/src/plugin-test/sample-webstart/project.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project>
-  <extend>${basedir}/../project.xml</extend>  
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/3.0.0
+http://maven.apache.org/maven-v3_0_0.xsd">
+  <extend>${basedir}/../project.xml</extend>
   <id>maven-abbot-plugin-test-sample-webstart</id>
   <name>Maven Abbot plugin Webstart Sample Test</name>
   <description>Run Abbot tests on webstart sample</description>
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
       <artifactId>maven-abbot-plugin-test-sample-local</artifactId>
       <version>1.0</version>
       <properties>
-        <war.target.path>.</war.target.path>>
+        <war.target.path>.</war.target.path>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>