diff --git a/starter_code/pom.xml b/starter_code/pom.xml
index 608bb212f..77db84f27 100644
--- a/starter_code/pom.xml
+++ b/starter_code/pom.xml
@@ -1,68 +1,119 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.5.RELEASE</version>
-		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-	</parent>
-	<groupId>com.example</groupId>
-	<artifactId>auth-course</artifactId>
-	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>auth-course</name>
-	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.4.5</version>
+    <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+  <artifactId>auth-course</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>auth-course</name>
+  <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
 
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    	<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
-	</properties>
+  <properties>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
+    <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+  </properties>
 
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>splunk-artifactory</id>
+      <name>Splunk Releases</name>
+      <url>https://splunk.jfrog.io/artifactory/libs-releases</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.codehaus.mojo/tomcat-maven-plugin -->
-		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>tomcat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-		    <version>1.1</version>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
- 		               	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                		<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.splunk.logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>splunk-library-javalogging</artifactId>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
+      <artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
+      <version>3.10.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.13</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-reload4j -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.16</version>
+    </dependency>
 
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>