diff --git a/file-service-it/pom.xml b/file-service-it/pom.xml
index c08a8de..0e3a3c6 100644
--- a/file-service-it/pom.xml
+++ b/file-service-it/pom.xml
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-
-            <!--TODO: move to common bom-->
-            <version>1.3</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/file-service-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/it/helpers/JdbcConnectionProvider.java b/file-service-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/it/helpers/JdbcConnectionProvider.java
index 0844dde..6218da6 100644
--- a/file-service-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/it/helpers/JdbcConnectionProvider.java
+++ b/file-service-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/it/helpers/JdbcConnectionProvider.java
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static java.sql.DriverManager.registerDriver;
 
-import uk.gov.justice.services.jdbc.persistence.DataAccessException;
-
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 
 public class JdbcConnectionProvider {
 
-
     public Connection getConnection(final String url, final String username, final String password, final String driverClassName) {
         try {
             final java.sql.Driver driver = (java.sql.Driver) Class.forName(driverClassName).newInstance();
@@ -23,7 +20,7 @@ public Connection getConnection(final String url, final String username, final S
                     username,
                     password);
 
-            throw new DataAccessException(message, e);
+            throw new RuntimeException(message, e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/file-service-persistence/pom.xml b/file-service-persistence/pom.xml
index d360a3a..4a2156a 100644
--- a/file-service-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/file-service-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -12,19 +12,11 @@
     <artifactId>file-service-persistence</artifactId>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>uk.gov.justice.services</groupId>
-            <artifactId>persistence-jdbc</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>uk.gov.justice.services</groupId>
             <artifactId>file-service-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>uk.gov.justice.services</groupId>
-            <artifactId>messaging-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax</groupId>
             <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
@@ -40,6 +32,13 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>uk.gov.justice.utils</groupId>
+            <artifactId>utilities-core</artifactId>
+            <!--TODO: move version to common bom-->
+            <version>1.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>