diff --git a/appserver/packager/microprofile-package/pom.xml b/appserver/packager/microprofile-package/pom.xml
index 1b93928779a..8019f19f490 100644
--- a/appserver/packager/microprofile-package/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/packager/microprofile-package/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!--
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
 *
-* Copyright (c) [2016-2018] Payara Foundation and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+* Copyright (c) [2016-2019] Payara Foundation and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
 * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
@@ -279,11 +279,6 @@
             <artifactId>asm-util</artifactId>
             <version>${asm.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-            <artifactId>asm-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>${asm.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
             <artifactId>accessors-smart</artifactId>
diff --git a/appserver/pom.xml b/appserver/pom.xml
index 37114330d7e..a16d463f172 100644
--- a/appserver/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/pom.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
          <microprofile-openapi.version>1.0</microprofile-openapi.version>
 
          <nimbus-jose-jwt.version>5.4</nimbus-jose-jwt.version>
-         <accessors-smart.version>1.2.payara-p1</accessors-smart.version>
+         <accessors-smart.version>1.2.payara-p2</accessors-smart.version>
          <json-smart.version>2.3</json-smart.version>
          <jcip-annotations.version>1.0-1</jcip-annotations.version>
          <!-- Yubico client validation version property -->
diff --git a/nucleus/pom.xml b/nucleus/pom.xml
index 1353ec0555f..2409753eba6 100644
--- a/nucleus/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/pom.xml
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
         <v3-docs.version>4.1</v3-docs.version>
         <v3-docs-l10n.version>4.0-b07</v3-docs-l10n.version>
         <l10n.version>3.1-b41</l10n.version>
-        <asm.version>6.2.1</asm.version>
+        <asm.version>7.0</asm.version>
         <ha-api.version>3.1.11</ha-api.version>
         <hazelcast.version>3.11.1</hazelcast.version>
         <hazelcast.kubernetes.version>1.3.1</hazelcast.kubernetes.version>