diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e256cb17048..17925be81bb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         <sqllite.version>1.0.392</sqllite.version>
         <blockhound.version>1.0.8.RELEASE</blockhound.version>
         <jetty.version>9.4.45.v20220203</jetty.version>
-        <bytebuddy.version>1.14.8</bytebuddy.version>
+        <bytebuddy.version>1.14.15</bytebuddy.version>
 
         <!-- build plugin dependencies-->
         <maven.surefire.version>3.1.2</maven.surefire.version>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>2.8.2</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
-        <japicmp-maven-plugin.version>0.15.6</japicmp-maven-plugin.version>
+        <japicmp-maven-plugin.version>0.21.2</japicmp-maven-plugin.version>
         <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.13.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-archetype-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-archetype-plugin.version>
         <!-- Whenever we update maven-wrapper-plugin version, we need to run mvn wrapper:wrapper to update the Maven Wrapper files(mvnw, .maven and mvnw.cmd) -->
diff --git a/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/CreateNewServiceModuleMain.java b/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/CreateNewServiceModuleMain.java
index 9a9f4fbafc1d..4cb6b8883b8f 100644
--- a/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/CreateNewServiceModuleMain.java
+++ b/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/CreateNewServiceModuleMain.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         new CreateNewServiceModuleMain().run(args);
     }
 
-    static Set<String> toSet(String...args) {
+    static Set<String> toSet(String... args) {
         Set<String> result = new LinkedHashSet<>();
         for (String arg : args) {
             result.add(arg);
diff --git a/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/StringUtils.java b/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/StringUtils.java
index 032fab6b828e..9ef526bf8c4c 100644
--- a/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ public static String replacePrefixIgnoreCase(String str, String prefix, String r
      * @param charsToMatch A list of characters to search the string for.
      * @return The character that was first matched in the string or null if none of the characters were found.
      */
-    public static Character findFirstOccurrence(String s, char ...charsToMatch) {
+    public static Character findFirstOccurrence(String s, char... charsToMatch) {
         int lowestIndex = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 
         for (char toMatch : charsToMatch) {