diff --git a/app/pom.xml b/app/pom.xml
index 18ce8a8..7d01a6f 100644
--- a/app/pom.xml
+++ b/app/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.vmware.example.sqlfire</groupId>
 	<artifactId>callcenter</artifactId>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 		<repository>
 			<id>org.springsource.maven.snapshot</id>
 			<name>SpringSource Maven Central-compatible Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>http://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
+			<url>https://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
 			<snapshots>
 				<updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
 			</snapshots>
@@ -176,25 +176,25 @@
 		<repository>
 			<id>spring-milestone</id>
 			<name>Spring Maven MILESTONE Repository</name>
-			<url>http://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
+			<url>https://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>standard repo</id>
-			<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+			<url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>mirror repo</id>
-			<url>http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2</url>
+			<url>/maven2</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.release</id>
 			<name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - SpringSource Bundle Releases</name>
-			<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release</url>
+			<url>https://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 			<id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.external</id>
 			<name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - External Bundle Releases</name>
-			<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external</url>
+			<url>https://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external</url>
 		</repository>
 		<repository>
 	      <id>gemstone</id>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/app-context.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/app-context.xml
index 634ed31..c538c14 100644
--- a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/app-context.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/app-context.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"       
        xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
        xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
-						   http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
-						   http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+						   http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx https://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
+						   http://www.springframework.org/schema/util https://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
 						   
 						   
 	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml
index 3db79ce..09c7b53 100644
--- a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc https://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context https://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
 		
 	<annotation-driven/>
 	
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml
index c656843..5eafea7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
 		
 		<bean id="idGenerator" class="com.vmware.example.sqlfire.util.SimpleIdGenerator" />
 		<bean id="timestampGenerator" class="com.vmware.example.sqlfire.util.SimpleTimestampGenerator" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 302f42a..383f102 100644
--- a/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5">
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="https://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee https://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5">
   <display-name>call-center</display-name>
   <context-param>
     <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>