diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index edb15e8..3aa7b0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Employee REST API using Dropwizard 1.0.5
+Employee REST API using Dropwizard 2.1.12
 
-Java 8 needed to run this code.
+Java 11 needed to run this code.
 
 Dropwizard is an open source Java framework for developing REST APIs.
 
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ To test the example application run the following commands.
 
 * To view the list of employees.
 
-	http://localhost:8080/employee
\ No newline at end of file
+	http://localhost:8080/employee
diff --git a/example.yml b/example.yml
index c16c839..4740afe 100644
--- a/example.yml
+++ b/example.yml
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ server:
 #      port: 8443
 #      keyStorePath: example.keystore
 #      keyStorePassword: example
-    #this requires the alpn-boot library on the JVM's boot classpath
     #- type: h2
     #  port: 8445
     #  keyStorePath: example.keystore
     #  keyStorePassword: example
+    # Note: Java 11+ has native ALPN support; no alpn-boot bootclasspath jar is needed.
   adminConnectors:
     - type: http
       port: 8081
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3688725..be563cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,15 +8,41 @@
   <name>DropwizardEmployee</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
+  <properties>
+    <dropwizard.version>2.1.12</dropwizard.version>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
+        <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dropwizard-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.3</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.2</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -61,6 +87,18 @@
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
       <artifactId>dropwizard-testing</artifactId>
@@ -109,57 +147,57 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6.1</version>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.2</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.19.1</version>
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7</version>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.1</version>
+          <version>3.4.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.0</version>
+          <version>3.11.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.6</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4.3</version>
+          <version>3.5.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8.2</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4</version>
+          <version>3.12.1</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -216,6 +254,7 @@
                 <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 +278,7 @@
             <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..fef6691 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/dropwizard/employee/AppTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/dropwizard/employee/AppTest.java
@@ -1,38 +1,16 @@
 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);
     }
 }