diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
index 902e8f09b4..383a3b4a40 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${validation-api.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -30,14 +25,9 @@
             <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${javax.el-api.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
-            <version>${javax.el.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.expressly</groupId>
+            <artifactId>expressly</artifactId>
+            <version>${expressly.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
@@ -95,10 +85,8 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <validation-api.version>2.0.0.Final</validation-api.version>
-        <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
-        <javax.el-api.version>3.0.0</javax.el-api.version>
-        <javax.el.version>2.2.6</javax.el.version>
+        <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+        <expressly.version>5.0.0</expressly.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.14</commons-codec.version>
         <spring-core.version>5.3.0</spring-core.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/SomeClassWithValidations.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/SomeClassWithValidations.java
index 058d53ba82..abe311938a 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/SomeClassWithValidations.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/SomeClassWithValidations.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.baeldung.emptystrings;
 
-import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Pattern;
 
 class SomeClassWithValidations {
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/EmptyStringsUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/EmptyStringsUnitTest.java
index 9652e0e770..c756953c70 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/EmptyStringsUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/emptystrings/EmptyStringsUnitTest.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
-import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation;
-import javax.validation.Validation;
-import javax.validation.Validator;
-import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory;
+import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation;
+import jakarta.validation.Validation;
+import jakarta.validation.Validator;
+import jakarta.validation.ValidatorFactory;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.iterableWithSize;