diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6092f2c3..330bf136 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <java.level>8</java.level>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <checkstyle.version>3.1.0</checkstyle.version>
-        <configuration-as-code.version>1.20</configuration-as-code.version>
+        <configuration-as-code.version>1.35</configuration-as-code.version>
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@
             <groupId>com.sonymobile.jenkins.plugins.mq</groupId>
             <artifactId>mq-notifier</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -177,10 +183,9 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.jenkins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>configuration-as-code</artifactId>
+            <groupId>io.jenkins.configuration-as-code</groupId>
+            <artifactId>test-harness</artifactId>
             <version>${configuration-as-code.version}</version>
-            <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>