diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index a3e0c17a3..bdcc44dde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # test against latest update of each major Java version, as well as specific updates of LTS versions:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
-        java: [ 8, 11 ]
+        java: [ 8, 11, 17 ]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout ci.common
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d25f6ace1..8adafaef6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,69 +1,69 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>net.wasdev.maven.parent</groupId>
-		<artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4</version>
-		<relativePath />
-	</parent>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>net.wasdev.maven.parent</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4</version>
+        <relativePath />
+    </parent>
 
-	<groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
-	<artifactId>ci.common</artifactId>
-	<version>1.8.23-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ci.common</artifactId>
+    <version>1.8.23-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-	<name>ci.common</name>
+    <name>ci.common</name>
 
-	<licenses>
-		<license>
-			<name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
-			<url>https://raw.github.com/openliberty/ci.common/main/LICENSE</url>
-			<distribution>repo</distribution>
-		</license>
-	</licenses>
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+        <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+        <url>https://raw.github.com/openliberty/ci.common/main/LICENSE</url>
+        <distribution>repo</distribution>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
 
-	<scm>
-		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:openliberty/ci.maven.git</connection>
-		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:openliberty/ci.common.git</developerConnection>
-		<url>git@github.com:openliberty/ci.common.git</url>
-		<tag>HEAD</tag>
-	</scm>
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:openliberty/ci.maven.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:openliberty/ci.common.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>git@github.com:openliberty/ci.common.git</url>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
 
-	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-	</properties>
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
 
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.13.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.0</version>
+            <version>2.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.12</version>
+            <version>2.3.1</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>liberty-ant-tasks</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.10</version>
+            <version>1.9.11</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
             <version>3.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
-	</dependencies>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>