diff --git a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/InitializationListener.java b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/InitializationListener.java
index 005f5baa..4f6f0826 100644
--- a/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/InitializationListener.java
+++ b/HIRS_AttestationCA/src/main/java/hirs/attestationca/InitializationListener.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package hirs.attestationca;
 
+import hirs.attestationca.configuration.PersistenceConfiguration;
 import hirs.attestationca.service.AppraiserServiceImpl;
 import hirs.attestationca.service.PolicyServiceImpl;
 import hirs.utils.HIRSProfiles;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public class InitializationListener implements ServletContextListener {
         context.getEnvironment().addActiveProfile(HIRSProfiles.SERVER);
 
         // register the database configuration and refresh the context
-        context.register(AttestationCertificateAuthorityConfiguration.class);
+        context.register(PersistenceConfiguration.class);
         context.refresh();
 
         // obtain reference to hibernate session factory
diff --git a/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle b/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
index e4e42263..4ff5f6b3 100644
--- a/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
+++ b/HIRS_Utils/build.gradle
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'junit'
     }
     compile 'org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:3.2.0.Final'
-    compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.9'
-
+    compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.10.0'
     // add spring plugin, but do not pull transitive dependencies (causes conflicts)
     compile(libs.spring_plugin) {
         exclude group: "org.springframework"