diff --git a/java-mip/pom.xml b/java-mip/pom.xml
index 01a0dcf..8c83d1a 100644
--- a/java-mip/pom.xml
+++ b/java-mip/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <jxr.plugin.version>2.5</jxr.plugin.version>
     <junit.version>5.0.0</junit.version>
     <jackson.version>2.7.0</jackson.version>
-    <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
+    <avro.version>1.9.0</avro.version>
     <jinjava.version>2.2.9</jinjava.version>
     <hadrian.version>0.8.5</hadrian.version>
     <postgres.version>9.4.1212.jre7</postgres.version>
@@ -193,16 +193,14 @@
             <configuration>
               <finalName>${project.artifactId}-deps</finalName>
               <transformers>
-                <transformer
-                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                   <manifestEntries>
                     <Main-Class>eu.humanbrainproject.mip.algorithms.rapidminer.Main</Main-Class>
                     <X-Compile-Source-JDK>${jdk.version}</X-Compile-Source-JDK>
                     <X-Compile-Target-JDK>${jdk.version}</X-Compile-Target-JDK>
                   </manifestEntries>
                 </transformer>
-                <transformer
-                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.DontIncludeResourceTransformer">
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.DontIncludeResourceTransformer">
                   <resources>
                     <resource>.SF</resource>
                     <resource>.DSA</resource>