diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a10cc5c1..2928bd44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     <neo4j.version>4.4.4</neo4j.version>
     <sesame.version>3.7.5</sesame.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <skipTests>false</skipTests>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -116,10 +117,23 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.10.4</version>
+      <version>2.12.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>2.12.4</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+  </dependency>
+  <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.12.4</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+  </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.neo4j.community</groupId>
       <artifactId>it-test-support</artifactId>
@@ -201,8 +215,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.8.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>11</source>
-          <target>11</target>
+          <release>11</release>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
@@ -247,7 +260,14 @@
           </archive>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/n10s/RDFExportTest.java b/src/test/java/n10s/RDFExportTest.java
index e46371b1..172032a9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/n10s/RDFExportTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/n10s/RDFExportTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import static n10s.graphconfig.Params.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import org.neo4j.driver.Record;
+
 public class RDFExportTest {
 
   @Rule
diff --git a/src/test/java/n10s/validation/SHACLValidationProceduresTest.java b/src/test/java/n10s/validation/SHACLValidationProceduresTest.java
index caae1072..88200324 100644
--- a/src/test/java/n10s/validation/SHACLValidationProceduresTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/n10s/validation/SHACLValidationProceduresTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import org.neo4j.driver.types.Node;
 import org.neo4j.harness.junit.rule.Neo4jRule;
 
+import org.neo4j.driver.Record;
+
 public class SHACLValidationProceduresTest {
 
   final String VAL_RESULTS_QUERY_ON_IGNORE_GRAPH = "MATCH (vr:ValidationResult)\n" +