REOC-61 due to security warning, we upgrade httpclient version

build.gradle

@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     compile group: 'log4j', name: 'log4j', version: '1.2.9'
 
+    // APACHE
     compile group: 'commons-logging', name: 'commons-logging', version: '1.1.1'
-    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.9'
     compile group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.6'
-
-
     compile group: 'commons-codec', name: 'commons-codec', version: '1.3'
-    compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version: '4.1.1'
+    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.9'
+    compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version: '4.5.6'
 
+    // GOOGLE
     compile group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '28.1-jre'
 
     // XML

pom.xml

@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
     <name>REoC RETS Client</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
+    <properties>
+        <!-- Generic properties -->
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+
+        <!-- Logging -->
+        <log4j2.version>2.8.1</log4j2.version>
+
+    </properties>
+
+
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>local</id>
@@ -23,6 +35,18 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <!-- APACHE -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>4.5.6</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
@@ -43,12 +67,7 @@
             <version>1.2.9</version>
             <optional>false</optional>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
-            <optional>false</optional>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
@@ -64,11 +83,7 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>28.1-jre</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.1</version>
-        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -84,6 +99,15 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>