diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fe00b3..a5c5177 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Simple Java Project
 This is a demo project that you can use with [Buddy Continuous Deployment](https://buddy.works).
-Adding some lines
+Adding some lines.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f5d8b9..01b1288 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    
     <groupId>works.buddy.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>works-with-heroku</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
+    
     <properties>
-         <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
-         <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
+    
     <dependencies>
+        <!-- Your dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -29,6 +35,7 @@
             <version>1.10.19</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Add any other dependencies here -->
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version> <!-- Update to the latest version -->
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -54,6 +61,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <!-- Add other plugins if needed -->
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>