diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_nc_threaddump_1/cluster_state_cc_threaddump_1.1.regex b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_nc_threaddump_1/cluster_state_cc_threaddump_1.1.regex
index 3f1bfdc..9adcd7b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_nc_threaddump_1/cluster_state_cc_threaddump_1.1.regex
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_nc_threaddump_1/cluster_state_cc_threaddump_1.1.regex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /"lock_name" : ".*"/
 /"name" : ".*"/
 /"stack" : \[/
-/"java.lang.Thread.run\(Thread.java:[0-9]+\)"/
+/".*java.lang.Thread.run\(Thread.java:[0-9]+\)"/
 /"state" : "TIMED_WAITING"/
 /"state" : "RUNNABLE"/
 /"state" : "WAITING"/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
index 9822b20..2025d5a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,33 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <usedDependencies combine.children="append">
+            <usedDependency>com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core</usedDependency>
+            <usedDependency>com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl</usedDependency>
+            <usedDependency>com.sun.activation:javax.activation</usedDependency>
+          </usedDependencies>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index 74e6c0c..3885894 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -475,12 +475,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20.1</version>
+          <version>2.21.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20.1</version>
+          <version>2.21.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+          <version>3.0.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.13.2</version>
+          <version>0.14.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
@@ -690,15 +690,6 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
     <profile>
-      <id>java8</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
       <id>coverage</id>
       <activation>
         <property>
@@ -872,6 +863,10 @@
             <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -884,6 +879,12 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -1190,7 +1191,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
         <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.12</version>
+        <version>2.3.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.appassembler</groupId>
@@ -1213,6 +1214,31 @@
         <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
         <version>8.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jaxb-core</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javax.activation-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+        <version>3.3.9</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
index 6f4726e..99112c0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/hyracks-hdfs-core/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@
           <version>1.0.4</version>
           <type>jar</type>
           <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>      </dependencies>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
     </profile>
 
     <profile>
@@ -170,23 +171,13 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
           <artifactId>hyracks-control-common</artifactId>
-          <version>0.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
           <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-              <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-              <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java
index bdd312d..8d6dfbc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/server/utils/HttpUtil.java
@@ -19,36 +19,23 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.http.server.utils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-import java.lang.management.MemoryPoolMXBean;
-import java.lang.management.MemoryType;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletResponse;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.BaseRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.FormUrlEncodedRequest;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.PooledByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.FullHttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest;
-import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
 
 public class HttpUtil {
-
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private static final Pattern PARENT_DIR = Pattern.compile("/[^./]+/\\.\\./");
-    private static long maxMemUsage = 0L;
 
     private HttpUtil() {
     }
@@ -167,53 +154,4 @@
         return clusterURL;
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("restriction")
-    public static synchronized void printMemUsage() {
-        StringBuilder report = new StringBuilder();
-        report.append("sun.misc.VM.maxDirectMemory: ");
-        report.append(sun.misc.VM.maxDirectMemory());
-        report.append('\n');
-        report.append("sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getMemoryUsed(): ");
-        report.append(sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getMemoryUsed());
-        report.append('\n');
-        report.append("sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getTotalCapacity(): ");
-        report.append(sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getTotalCapacity());
-        report.append('\n');
-        report.append("ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getNonHeapMemoryUsage(): ");
-        report.append(ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getNonHeapMemoryUsage());
-        report.append('\n');
-        report.append("---------------------------- Beans ----------------------------");
-        report.append('\n');
-        List<MemoryPoolMXBean> memPoolBeans = ManagementFactory.getMemoryPoolMXBeans();
-        for (MemoryPoolMXBean bean : memPoolBeans) {
-            if (bean.isValid() && bean.getType() == MemoryType.NON_HEAP) {
-                report.append(bean.getName());
-                report.append(": ");
-                report.append(bean.getUsage());
-                report.append('\n');
-            }
-        }
-        report.append("---------------------------- Netty ----------------------------");
-        report.append('\n');
-        try {
-            Field field = PlatformDependent.class.getDeclaredField("DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER");
-            field.setAccessible(true);
-            AtomicLong usedDirectMemory = (AtomicLong) field.get(null);
-            long used = usedDirectMemory.get();
-            report.append("Current PlatformDependent.DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER: ");
-            report.append(used);
-            report.append('\n');
-            report.append("Maximum PlatformDependent.DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER: ");
-            maxMemUsage = Math.max(maxMemUsage, used);
-            report.append(maxMemUsage);
-            report.append('\n');
-            report.append('\n');
-        } catch (Throwable th) { // NOSONAR
-            LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "Failed to access PlatformDependent.DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER", th);
-            return;
-        }
-        report.append("--------------- PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT ----------------");
-        report.append(PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.dumpStats());
-        LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, report.toString());
-    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/HttpTestUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/HttpTestUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16efc07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/HttpTestUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hyracks.http;
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.lang.management.MemoryPoolMXBean;
+import java.lang.management.MemoryType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.PooledByteBufAllocator;
+import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
+
+public class HttpTestUtil {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private static long maxMemUsage = 0L;
+
+    public static synchronized void printMemUsage() {
+        StringBuilder report = new StringBuilder();
+        /* TODO: unsupported APIs after java 8
+        report.append("sun.misc.VM.maxDirectMemory: ");
+        report.append(sun.misc.VM.maxDirectMemory());
+        report.append('\n');
+        report.append("sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getMemoryUsed(): ");
+        report.append(sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getMemoryUsed());
+        report.append('\n');
+        report.append("sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getTotalCapacity(): ");
+        report.append(sun.misc.SharedSecrets.getJavaNioAccess().getDirectBufferPool().getTotalCapacity());
+        */
+        report.append('\n');
+        report.append("ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getNonHeapMemoryUsage(): ");
+        report.append(ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean().getNonHeapMemoryUsage());
+        report.append('\n');
+        report.append("---------------------------- Beans ----------------------------");
+        report.append('\n');
+        List<MemoryPoolMXBean> memPoolBeans = ManagementFactory.getMemoryPoolMXBeans();
+        for (MemoryPoolMXBean bean : memPoolBeans) {
+            if (bean.isValid() && bean.getType() == MemoryType.NON_HEAP) {
+                report.append(bean.getName());
+                report.append(": ");
+                report.append(bean.getUsage());
+                report.append('\n');
+            }
+        }
+        report.append("---------------------------- Netty ----------------------------");
+        report.append('\n');
+        try {
+            Field field = PlatformDependent.class.getDeclaredField("DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER");
+            field.setAccessible(true);
+            AtomicLong usedDirectMemory = (AtomicLong) field.get(null);
+            long used = usedDirectMemory.get();
+            report.append("Current PlatformDependent.DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER: ");
+            report.append(used);
+            report.append('\n');
+            report.append("Maximum PlatformDependent.DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER: ");
+            maxMemUsage = Math.max(maxMemUsage, used);
+            report.append(maxMemUsage);
+            report.append('\n');
+            report.append('\n');
+        } catch (Throwable th) { // NOSONAR
+            LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, "Failed to access PlatformDependent.DIRECT_MEMORY_COUNTER", th);
+            return;
+        }
+        report.append("--------------- PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT ----------------");
+        report.append(PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.dumpStats());
+        LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, report.toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/servlet/ChattyServlet.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/servlet/ChattyServlet.java
index e6aedb9..54bb756 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/servlet/ChattyServlet.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/servlet/ChattyServlet.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.HttpTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.api.IServletResponse;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.AbstractServlet;
@@ -58,6 +59,6 @@
         for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
             response.outputStream().write(bytes);
         }
-        HttpUtil.printMemUsage();
+        HttpTestUtil.printMemUsage();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/test/HttpServerTest.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/test/HttpServerTest.java
index 71e84e5..b39a141 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/test/HttpServerTest.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hyracks/http/test/HttpServerTest.java
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
+import org.apache.hyracks.http.HttpTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.HttpServer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.InterruptOnCloseHandler;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.WebManager;
-import org.apache.hyracks.http.server.utils.HttpUtil;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.servlet.ChattyServlet;
 import org.apache.hyracks.http.servlet.SleepyServlet;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         try {
             try {
                 for (int i = 0; i < numPatches; i++) {
-                    HttpUtil.printMemUsage();
+                    HttpTestUtil.printMemUsage();
                     request(numRequests);
                     for (Future<Void> f : FUTURES) {
                         f.get();
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                     FUTURES.clear();
                 }
             } finally {
-                HttpUtil.printMemUsage();
+                HttpTestUtil.printMemUsage();
                 servlet.wakeUp();
                 for (Future<Void> f : stuck) {
                     f.get();
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
             System.err.println("Number of rejections: " + UNAVAILABLE_COUNT.get());
             System.err.println("Number of exceptions: " + EXCEPTION_COUNT.get());
             webMgr.stop();
-            HttpUtil.printMemUsage();
+            HttpTestUtil.printMemUsage();
         }
     }
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         int numRequests = 48;
         int numExecutors = 24;
         int serverQueueSize = 24;
-        HttpUtil.printMemUsage();
+        HttpTestUtil.printMemUsage();
         WebManager webMgr = new WebManager();
         HttpServer server =
                 new HttpServer(webMgr.getBosses(), webMgr.getWorkers(), PORT, numExecutors, serverQueueSize);
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@
             Assert.assertEquals(0, UNAVAILABLE_COUNT.get());
             Assert.assertEquals(0, OTHER_COUNT.get());
         } finally {
-            HttpUtil.printMemUsage();
+            HttpTestUtil.printMemUsage();
             webMgr.stop();
-            HttpUtil.printMemUsage();
+            HttpTestUtil.printMemUsage();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 95e1779..69739ba 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,20 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -505,12 +519,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20.1</version>
+          <version>2.21.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20.1</version>
+          <version>2.21.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>
@@ -677,15 +691,6 @@
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
-      <id>java8</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
       <id>integration-tests-only</id>
       <properties>
         <test.includes/>