diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09d703b..306dae7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -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>
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xerces</groupId>
             <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.1</version>
+            <version>2.12.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>