diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 1c6bd52540..eb58238be0 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <groupId>com.bazaarvoice.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>bv-opensource-super-pom</artifactId>
         <version>1.12</version>
-        <relativePath />
+        <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.bazaarvoice.emodb</groupId>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <shiro.version>1.10.0</shiro.version>
         <cassandra.driver.version>3.11.1</cassandra.driver.version>
         <kafka.version>2.8.0</kafka.version>
-        <swagger.version>1.5.8</swagger.version>
+        <swagger.version>1.6.12</swagger.version>
         <jaxb.version>2.3.1</jaxb.version>
         <failsafe.dev.version>3.2.4</failsafe.dev.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.4.14</zookeeper.version>
@@ -959,9 +959,9 @@
                                     <version>[${java.minimum.version},)</version>
                                     <message>requires ${java.minimum.version}+</message>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
-                                <dependencyConvergence />
-                                <requireUpperBoundDeps />
-                                <banDuplicatePomDependencyVersions />
+                                <dependencyConvergence/>
+                                <requireUpperBoundDeps/>
+                                <banDuplicatePomDependencyVersions/>
                                 <bannedDependencies>
                                     <excludes>
                                         <!-- This should not exist until DW 0.8.x+ upgrade -->