diff --git a/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/pom.xml b/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 023d249c56..9c6c5a875f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
     		<version>1.11.34</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-  			<groupId>org.socialsignin</groupId>
+  			<groupId>com.github.derjust</groupId>
   			<artifactId>spring-data-dynamodb</artifactId>
-  			<version>4.2.1</version>
+  			<version>4.3.1</version>
 		</dependency>		
 	</dependencies>
 
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@
 				<enabled>false</enabled>
 			</snapshots>
 		</repository>
-		<repository>
-    		<id>opensourceagility-release</id>
-    		<url>http://repo.opensourceagility.com/release/</url>
-		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 	<pluginRepositories>
 		<pluginRepository>
diff --git a/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/es/config/DynamoDBConfig.java b/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/es/config/DynamoDBConfig.java
index 554a6c9c12..984262a949 100644
--- a/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/es/config/DynamoDBConfig.java
+++ b/spring-boot-data-dynamodb/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/es/config/DynamoDBConfig.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.baeldung.spring.data.es.config;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials;
 import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ public class DynamoDBConfig {
     @Bean
     public AmazonDynamoDB amazonDynamoDB() {
         AmazonDynamoDB amazonDynamoDB = new AmazonDynamoDBClient(amazonAWSCredentials());
-        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(amazonDynamoDBEndpoint)) {
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(amazonDynamoDBEndpoint)) {
             amazonDynamoDB.setEndpoint(amazonDynamoDBEndpoint);
         }
         return amazonDynamoDB;