diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dac2e7c47b..b902bbed17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
       <maven.tomcat.port>8080</maven.tomcat.port>
 
       <jackson.version>2.9.9</jackson.version>
-      <jackson-databind.version>2.9.10</jackson-databind.version>
+      <jackson-databind.version>2.9.10.1</jackson-databind.version>
       <fabric8.docker.version>0.31.0</fabric8.docker.version>
       <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
       <postgresql.version>42.2.6</postgresql.version>
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/record/Record.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/record/Record.java
index 55acb537a9..9b959c193a 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/record/Record.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/record/Record.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class Record extends TestModel implements IRestModel<RestNodeModel>
     @Override
     public ModelAssertion<RestNodeModel> assertThat()
     {
-        return new ModelAssertion<RestNodeModel>(this);
+        return new ModelAssertion<>(this);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategory.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategory.java
index 297ac5ccf7..fbaa9a0ea9 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategory.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategory.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 public class RecordCategory extends TestModel
 {
-    public final static String DEFAULT_FILE_PLAN_ALIAS = "-filePlan-";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_FILE_PLAN_ALIAS = "-filePlan-";
 
     /*************************/
     /** Mandatory parameters */
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategoryChild.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategoryChild.java
index 746e8f2fe3..008c10bcbf 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategoryChild.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/model/recordcategory/RecordCategoryChild.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 @AllArgsConstructor
 public class RecordCategoryChild extends TestModel
 {
-    public final static String RECORD_FOLDER_NODE_TYPE = "rma:recordFolder";
+    public static final String RECORD_FOLDER_NODE_TYPE = "rma:recordFolder";
 
     /*************************/
     /** Mandatory parameters */
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/requests/gscore/api/FilesAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/requests/gscore/api/FilesAPI.java
index 949d4cbfc3..0b86644d5d 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/requests/gscore/api/FilesAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/requests/gscore/api/FilesAPI.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ package org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api;
 
 import static org.alfresco.rest.core.RestRequest.simpleRequest;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.util.ParameterCheck.mandatoryString;
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.EMPTY;
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpMethod.POST;
 
 import org.alfresco.rest.core.RMRestWrapper;
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java
index 7d0d08f98a..55592dfbbd 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ public class PojoUtility
      */
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PojoUtility.class);
 
+    /** Private constructor to prevent instantiation. */
+    private PojoUtility()
+    {}
+
     /**
      * see {@link #toJson(Object, Class, Class)}
      */
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ public class PojoUtility
         }
         catch (IOException e)
         {
-            LOGGER.error("Unable to convert the json into a java object.", e.toString());
+            LOGGER.error("Unable to convert the json into a java object.", e);
         }
 
         return obj;
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ public class PojoUtility
         }
         catch (IOException e)
         {
-            LOGGER.error("Unable to convert the json array into a java collection.", e.toString());
+            LOGGER.error("Unable to convert the json array into a java collection.", e);
         }
 
 
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/CustomDefinitionsAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/CustomDefinitionsAPI.java
index 6b480fd10d..bae0a15631 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/CustomDefinitionsAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/CustomDefinitionsAPI.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class CustomDefinitionsAPI extends BaseAPI
             }
             catch (JSONException error)
             {
-                LOGGER.error("Unable to get the refId for the custom reference definition " + customDefinition);
+                LOGGER.error("Unable to get the refId for the custom reference definition {}", customDefinition);
             }
         }
         return null;
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMAuditAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMAuditAPI.java
index 10c7125ec8..6558d67bb0 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMAuditAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RMAuditAPI.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class RMAuditAPI extends BaseAPI
         }
         catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
         {
-            LOGGER.error("Unable to encode the event name" + e.getMessage());
+            LOGGER.error("Unable to encode the event name {}", e.getMessage());
         }
         JSONArray auditEntries =  doGetRequest(user, password,
                 MessageFormat.format(RM_AUDIT_LOG_API,"{0}", parameters)).getJSONObject("data").getJSONArray("entries");
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
index c1a42bae6a..80d7a9a23d 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
         String filters,
         String sortby)
     {
-        List<BasicNameValuePair> searchParameters = new ArrayList<BasicNameValuePair>();
+        List<BasicNameValuePair> searchParameters = new ArrayList<>();
         searchParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("query", query));
         searchParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("filters", filters));
         if (sortby != null)
diff --git a/srcclr.yml b/srcclr.yml
index 8ae09190de..73aea3ff53 100644
--- a/srcclr.yml
+++ b/srcclr.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # The scope of this file is to have a custom scan directive for SourceClear excluding automation and benchmark projects from the scan.
-custom_maven_command: clean install -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -e -DskipTests -DskipITs -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Denforcer.skip=true -pl '!rm-automation,!rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api,!rm-automation/rm-automation-enterprise-rest-api,!rm-automation/rm-automation-ui,!rm-benchmark'
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+custom_maven_command: install -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -e -DskipTests -DskipITs -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Denforcer.skip=true -pl '!rm-automation,!rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api,!rm-automation/rm-automation-enterprise-rest-api,!rm-automation/rm-automation-ui,!rm-benchmark'
\ No newline at end of file