diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09d703b..5f4c649 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <core.api.version>4.3.4</core.api.version>
         <supply-library.version>1.0.20-SNAPSHOT</supply-library.version>
-        <spring.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.19.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <jackson-version>2.7.3</jackson-version>
         <jest.version>2.0.0</jest.version>
         <amazon.aws.version>1.10.77</amazon.aws.version>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                             <exclude>**/*Test*.class</exclude>
                         </excludes>
                     </instrumentation>
-                    <check />
+                    <check/>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -106,10 +106,8 @@
                                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.XmlAppendingTransformer">
                                     <resource>META-INF/persistence.xml</resource>
                                 </transformer>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>com.appirio.service.challengefeeder.ChallengeFeederServiceApplication</mainClass>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>