diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1656a5f501..ffb67e7383 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <org.springframework.version>3.2.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
     <cs.mockito.version>1.9.5</cs.mockito.version>
     <cs.powermock.version>1.5.3</cs.powermock.version>
-    <cs.aws.sdk.version>1.3.22</cs.aws.sdk.version>
+    <cs.aws.sdk.version>1.8.10</cs.aws.sdk.version>
     <cs.lang.version>2.6</cs.lang.version>
     <cs.commons-io.version>1.4</cs.commons-io.version>
     <cs.reflections.version>0.9.8</cs.reflections.version>
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
         <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.0.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore></ignore>
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                      <ignore></ignore>
+                      <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>