diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
index 12dead99df..3e98298f56 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-monolithic/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>jhipster-monolithic</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-	<name>jhipster-monolithic</name>
+    <name>jhipster-monolithic</name>
     <description>JHipster Monolithic Application</description>
 
     <parent>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-annotation</artifactId>
-            </dependency>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
@@ -95,15 +95,15 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-json</artifactId>
-            </dependency>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-jvm</artifactId>
-            </dependency>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-servlet</artifactId>
-            </dependency>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-servlets</artifactId>
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-java8</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
             <artifactId>liquibase-core</artifactId>
@@ -297,8 +301,8 @@
         <defaultGoal>spring-boot:run</defaultGoal>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <!-- This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. Remove when the m2e plugin can correctly 
-                    bind to Maven lifecycle -->
+                <!-- This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven 
+                    build itself. Remove when the m2e plugin can correctly bind to Maven lifecycle -->
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
                     <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
@@ -340,27 +344,11 @@
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.github.ekryd.sortpom</groupId>
-                <artifactId>sortpom-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${sortpom-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>sort</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <sortProperties>true</sortProperties>
-                    <nrOfIndentSpace>4</nrOfIndentSpace>
-                    <sortDependencies>groupId,artifactId</sortDependencies>
-                    <sortPlugins>groupId,artifactId</sortPlugins>
-                    <keepBlankLines>true</keepBlankLines>
-                    <expandEmptyElements>false</expandEmptyElements>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin> -->
+            <!-- <plugin> <groupId>com.github.ekryd.sortpom</groupId> <artifactId>sortpom-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>${sortpom-maven-plugin.version}</version> 
+                <executions> <execution> <phase>verify</phase> <goals> <goal>sort</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> 
+                <sortProperties>true</sortProperties> <nrOfIndentSpace>4</nrOfIndentSpace> <sortDependencies>groupId,artifactId</sortDependencies> 
+                <sortPlugins>groupId,artifactId</sortPlugins> <keepBlankLines>true</keepBlankLines> <expandEmptyElements>false</expandEmptyElements> 
+                </configuration> </plugin> -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
                 <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -387,7 +375,8 @@
                     <resultsFolder>target/gatling/results</resultsFolder>
                     <bodiesFolder>src/test/gatling/bodies</bodiesFolder>
                     <simulationsFolder>src/test/gatling/simulations</simulationsFolder>
-                    <!-- This will run multiple simulations one by one. Useful when doing gatling tests in CI You must remove the simulationClass property in order to run multiple simulations -->
+                    <!-- This will run multiple simulations one by one. Useful when doing gatling tests in CI You must remove 
+                        the simulationClass property in order to run multiple simulations -->
                     <runMultipleSimulations>true</runMultipleSimulations>
                     <!-- This will force Gatling to ask which simulation to run This is useful when you have multiple simulations -->
                     <!-- <simulationClass>*</simulationClass> -->
@@ -751,8 +740,9 @@
             </dependencies>
         </profile>
         <profile>
-            <!-- Profile for doing "continuous compilation" with the Scala Maven plugin. It allows automatic compilation of Java classes as soon as they are saved. To use it, run in 
-                3 terminals: - './mvnw -Pcc scala:cc' for continous compilation of your classes - './mvnw -Pcc' for hot reload of Spring boot - 'gulp' for hot reload of the HTML/JavaScript assets Everything 
+            <!-- Profile for doing "continuous compilation" with the Scala Maven plugin. It allows automatic compilation 
+                of Java classes as soon as they are saved. To use it, run in 3 terminals: - './mvnw -Pcc scala:cc' for continous compilation 
+                of your classes - './mvnw -Pcc' for hot reload of Spring boot - 'gulp' for hot reload of the HTML/JavaScript assets Everything 
                 should hot reload automatically! -->
             <id>cc</id>
             <build>
@@ -868,7 +858,8 @@
             </dependencies>
         </profile>
         <profile>
-            <!-- Profile for applying IDE-specific configuration. At the moment it only configures MapStruct, which you need when working with DTOs. -->
+            <!-- Profile for applying IDE-specific configuration. At the moment it only configures MapStruct, which you need 
+                when working with DTOs. -->
             <id>IDE</id>
             <dependencies>
                 <dependency>
@@ -930,15 +921,16 @@
 
         <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria>S3437,UndocumentedApi,BoldAndItalicTagsCheck</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria>
 
-        <!-- Rule https://sonarqube.com/coding_rules#rule_key=Web%3ABoldAndItalicTagsCheck is ignored. Even if we agree that using the "i" tag is an awful practice, this is what is 
-            recommended by http://fontawesome.io/examples/ -->
+        <!-- Rule https://sonarqube.com/coding_rules#rule_key=Web%3ABoldAndItalicTagsCheck is ignored. Even if we agree that 
+            using the "i" tag is an awful practice, this is what is recommended by http://fontawesome.io/examples/ -->
         <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.BoldAndItalicTagsCheck.resourceKey>src/main/webapp/app/**/*.*</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.BoldAndItalicTagsCheck.resourceKey>
         <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.BoldAndItalicTagsCheck.ruleKey>Web:BoldAndItalicTagsCheck</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.BoldAndItalicTagsCheck.ruleKey>
-        <!-- Rule https://sonarqube.com/coding_rules#rule_key=squid%3AS3437 is ignored, as a JPA-managed field cannot be transient -->
+        <!-- Rule https://sonarqube.com/coding_rules#rule_key=squid%3AS3437 is ignored, as a JPA-managed field cannot be 
+            transient -->
         <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.S3437.resourceKey>src/main/java/**/*</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.S3437.resourceKey>
         <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.S3437.ruleKey>squid:S3437</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.S3437.ruleKey>
-        <!-- Rule http://sonarqube.com/coding_rules#rule_key=squid%3AUndocumentedApi is ignored, as we want to follow "clean code" guidelines and classes, methods and arguments names 
-            should be self-explanatory -->
+        <!-- Rule http://sonarqube.com/coding_rules#rule_key=squid%3AUndocumentedApi is ignored, as we want to follow "clean 
+            code" guidelines and classes, methods and arguments names should be self-explanatory -->
         <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.UndocumentedApi.resourceKey>src/main/java/**/*</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.UndocumentedApi.resourceKey>
         <sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.UndocumentedApi.ruleKey>squid:UndocumentedApi</sonar.issue.ignore.multicriteria.UndocumentedApi.ruleKey>