diff --git a/core-java-8/.classpath b/core-java-8/.classpath
index 6fb6012081..5efa587d72 100644
--- a/core-java-8/.classpath
+++ b/core-java-8/.classpath
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.JUNIT_CONTAINER/4"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/core-java-8/pom.xml b/core-java-8/pom.xml
index 0e317e7a94..8d31bea0db 100644
--- a/core-java-8/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-8/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<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">
+<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>
 	<groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-rest</artifactId>
@@ -34,31 +35,8 @@
 			<version>3.3.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- web -->
-
-		<!-- marshalling -->
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<!-- test scoped -->
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.hamcrest.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
@@ -66,6 +44,13 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>${junit.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
@@ -107,23 +92,12 @@
 	</build>
 
 	<properties>
-		<!-- Spring -->
-		<org.springframework.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-		<org.springframework.security.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
-
-		<!-- persistence -->
-		<hibernate.version>4.3.0.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.27</mysql-connector-java.version>
-
-		<!-- marshalling -->
-		<jackson.version>2.4.0</jackson.version>
-
 		<!-- logging -->
 		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
 		<logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
 
 		<!-- various -->
-		<hibernate-validator.version>5.1.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+		<hibernate-validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
 		<!-- util -->
 		<guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
@@ -131,18 +105,13 @@
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-		<mockito.version>1.10.8</mockito.version>
-
-		<httpcore.version>4.3.3</httpcore.version>
-		<httpclient.version>4.3.4</httpclient.version>
-
-		<rest-assured.version>2.3.2</rest-assured.version>
+		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.2</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.5</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.17</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.18.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java8/Java8SortUnitTest.java b/core-java-8/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java8/Java8SortUnitTest.java
index f6b89dd4c9..28604108f6 100644
--- a/core-java-8/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java8/Java8SortUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-8/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java8/Java8SortUnitTest.java
@@ -20,26 +20,32 @@ public class Java8SortUnitTest {
     @Test
     public final void givenPreLambda_whenSortingEntitiesByName_thenCorrectlySorted() {
         final List<Human> humans = Lists.newArrayList(new Human("Sarah", 10), new Human("Jack", 12));
+
         Collections.sort(humans, new Comparator<Human>() {
             @Override
             public final int compare(final Human h1, final Human h2) {
                 return h1.getName().compareTo(h2.getName());
             }
         });
+
         Assert.assertThat(humans.get(0), equalTo(new Human("Jack", 12)));
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void whenSortingEntitiesByName_thenCorrectlySorted() {
         final List<Human> humans = Lists.newArrayList(new Human("Sarah", 10), new Human("Jack", 12));
+
         Collections.sort(humans, (final Human h1, final Human h2) -> h1.getName().compareTo(h2.getName()));
+
         Assert.assertThat(humans.get(0), equalTo(new Human("Jack", 12)));
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenLambdaShortForm_whenSortingEntitiesByName_thenCorrectlySorted() {
         final List<Human> humans = Lists.newArrayList(new Human("Sarah", 10), new Human("Jack", 12));
-        Collections.sort(humans, (h1, h2) -> h1.getName().compareTo(h2.getName()));
+
+        humans.sort((h1, h2) -> h1.getName().compareTo(h2.getName()));
+
         Assert.assertThat(humans.get(0), equalTo(new Human("Jack", 12)));
     }