diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
index d0415a0286..ebcb13b8aa 100644
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
         <module name="image-processing" />
         <module name="jackson-jr" />
         <module name="spring-data-redis" />
+        <module name="xml-2" />
         <module name="core-java" />
         <module name="jackson-custom-conversions" />
         <module name="core-java-collections-list-2" />
diff --git a/.idea/encodings.xml b/.idea/encodings.xml
index d585052062..612addbb27 100644
--- a/.idea/encodings.xml
+++ b/.idea/encodings.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/toolkits/codebank/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/toolkits/discourse/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/toolkits/discourse/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml-2/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml-2/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
     <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/xml/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
   </component>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
index 51214fce4f..a35024924f 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.slf4j}</version>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/libraries-jackson/jackson-conversions/pom.xml b/libraries-jackson/jackson-conversions/pom.xml
index 1953d42b73..d84b60dc15 100644
--- a/libraries-jackson/jackson-conversions/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-jackson/jackson-conversions/pom.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     <artifactId>jackson-conversions</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>jackson-conversions</name>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.ossez</groupId>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
index e71ca17755..3b96608957 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.slf4j}</version>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca717ca0d7..6abc0ba2cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <!-- Logging -->
-        <version.slf4j>1.7.36</version.slf4j>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <log4j-over-slf4j.version>2.0.7</log4j-over-slf4j.version>
         <version.log4j2>2.18.0</version.log4j2>
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-war-plugin.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 
     </properties>
 
@@ -142,6 +144,12 @@
         <!-- OSSEZ COMMON -->
 
         <!-- LOG -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>