diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3688725..5c52c56 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <version>2.1.12</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dropwizard-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.12</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.19.1</version>
+          <version>3.2.5</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -134,7 +141,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -149,7 +156,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4.3</version>
+          <version>3.6.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -216,6 +223,7 @@
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
                 <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                <exclude>module-info.class</exclude>
               </excludes>
             </filter>
           </filters>
@@ -239,8 +247,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-                <source>1.6</source>
-                <target>1.6</target>
+                <release>11</release>
             </configuration>
         </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/EmployeeConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/EmployeeConfiguration.java
index 9a8e28f..f16b57d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/EmployeeConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/EmployeeConfiguration.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import io.dropwizard.Configuration;
 import io.dropwizard.db.DataSourceFactory;
-import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotEmpty;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
 import com.dropwizard.employee.core.Template;
 
 import javax.validation.Valid;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/db/EmployeeDAO.java b/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/db/EmployeeDAO.java
index 203bdc2..8695ca5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/db/EmployeeDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dropwizard/employee/db/EmployeeDAO.java
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ public Employee create(Employee person)  {
         return persist(person);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public List<Employee> findAll() {
-        return list(namedQuery("com.dropwizard.employee.core.Employee.findAll"));
+        return list((org.hibernate.query.Query<Employee>) namedQuery("com.dropwizard.employee.core.Employee.findAll"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/dropwizard/employee/AppTest.java b/src/test/java/com/dropwizard/employee/AppTest.java
index ac98328..d6d3aad 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/dropwizard/employee/AppTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/dropwizard/employee/AppTest.java
@@ -1,38 +1,18 @@
 package com.dropwizard.employee;
 
-import junit.framework.Test;
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * Unit test for simple App.
  */
-public class AppTest 
-    extends TestCase
-{
-    /**
-     * Create the test case
-     *
-     * @param testName name of the test case
-     */
-    public AppTest( String testName )
-    {
-        super( testName );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return the suite of tests being tested
-     */
-    public static Test suite()
-    {
-        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
-    }
+public class AppTest {
 
     /**
      * Rigourous Test :-)
      */
-    public void testApp()
-    {
-        assertTrue( true );
+    @Test
+    public void testApp() {
+        assertTrue(true);
     }
 }