diff --git a/image-processing/pom.xml b/image-processing/pom.xml
index 5c59a53337..b40c56e539 100644
--- a/image-processing/pom.xml
+++ b/image-processing/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>maven</id>
+            <url>https://maven.openimaj.org/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-plugins/jaxws/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-plugins/jaxws/pom.xml
index f17d70c182..a30fca8c87 100644
--- a/maven-modules/maven-plugins/jaxws/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-plugins/jaxws/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.ws</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxws-ri</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.0</version>
+            <version>${jaxws.version}</version>
             <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.sun.xml.ws</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jaxws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.1</version>
+                <version>${jaxws.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -73,4 +73,8 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <jaxws.version>4.0.2</jaxws.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/microservices-modules/msf4j/pom.xml b/microservices-modules/msf4j/pom.xml
index 642795e5fe..6d6315903b 100644
--- a/microservices-modules/msf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-modules/msf4j/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>wso2-https</id>
+            <url>https://maven.wso2.org/nexus/content/groups/wso2-public/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <microservice.mainClass>com.baeldung.msf4j.msf4jintro.Application</microservice.mainClass>
-        <msf4j.version>2.6.3</msf4j.version>
+        <msf4j.version>2.8.11</msf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web-modules/jee-7/pom.xml b/web-modules/jee-7/pom.xml
index b26027d9bf..47d79f12ac 100644
--- a/web-modules/jee-7/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/jee-7/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>jboss-https</id>
+            <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>