diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 38503df..f4c03c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
     	<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-    	<version>3.2.6.RELEASE</version>
+    	<version>5.2.7.RELEASE</version>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.servlet.jsp.jstl/jstl -->
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
     	<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
@@ -33,23 +34,36 @@
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
     	<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-    	<version>4.2.0.Final</version>
+    	<version>6.1.5.Final</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
     	<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.4.1</version>
+    	<version>1.9.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     	<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
     	<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-    	<version>1.3.1</version>
+    	<version>1.4.12</version>
     </dependency>
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
-		<version>3.2.6.RELEASE</version>
-	</dependency>    
+		<version>5.2.7.RELEASE</version>
+	</dependency>
+	
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+	    <version>2.11.1</version>
+	</dependency>
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
+	    <version>2.11.1</version>
+	</dependency>
+
+	    
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <finalName>FitnessTracker</finalName>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/config/servlet-config.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/config/servlet-config.xml
index ff2e954..92801b6 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/config/servlet-config.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/config/servlet-config.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 		
 		<property name="defaultViews">
 			<list>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJacksonJsonView" />
+				<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJackson2JsonView" />
 				<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView">
 					<constructor-arg>
 						<bean class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addGoal.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addGoal.jsp
index e44a576..b064687 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addGoal.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addGoal.jsp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         </p>
       </div>
       
-      <form:form commandName="goal">
+      <form:form modelAttribute="goal">
 		<form:errors path="*" cssClass="errorblock" element="div" />
 			<label for="textinput1">
 	          Enter Minutes:
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addMinutes.jsp b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addMinutes.jsp
index 49ea85b..e298f36 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addMinutes.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/addMinutes.jsp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       </a>
       <br/>
       <br/>
-      <form:form commandName="exercise">
+      <form:form modelAttribute="exercise">
       	<form:errors path="*" cssClass="errorblock" element="div" />
       	<div class="control-group">
           <label for="textinput1">