diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index daa0ac2396..f2446ce5f1
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="run" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseServer" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseInit" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="run" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseServer" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseInit" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="run" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseServer" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseInit" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="run" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseServer" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseInit" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="run" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseServer" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
                                         <ant target="databaseInit" antfile="${basedir}/src/config/build.xml">
-                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath" />
+                                            <reference torefid="maven.compile.classpath" refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                                         </ant>
                                     </target>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4.14</version>
+            <version>4.4.15</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -1084,8 +1084,8 @@
                                 <exclude>target/**/*.*</exclude>
                             </excludes>
                             <!-- define the steps to apply to those files -->
-                            <trimTrailingWhitespace />
-                            <endWithNewline />
+                            <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
+                            <endWithNewline/>
                             <indent>
                                 <tabs>false</tabs>
                                 <spaces>true</spaces>
@@ -1131,8 +1131,8 @@
 
                     <!-- define a language-specific format -->
                     <java>
-                        <importOrder /> <!-- standard import order -->
-                        <removeUnusedImports /> <!-- self-explanatory -->
+                        <importOrder/> <!-- standard import order -->
+                        <removeUnusedImports/> <!-- self-explanatory -->
 
                         <!-- apply a specific flavor of google-java-format -->
                         <googleJavaFormat>