diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60f27a4..036ad4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,23 @@
     <repository>
       <id>central</id>
       <name>Maven Central repository</name>
-      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
+      <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
     </repository>
     <repository>
       <id>maven-restlet</id>
       <name>Public online Restlet repository</name>
       <url>http://maven.restlet.org</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>sonatype-oss-snapshot</id>
+      <name>Sonatype OSS snapshot repository</name>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
   <properties>
@@ -587,7 +598,11 @@
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.2</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -668,6 +683,11 @@
       <version>${findbugs.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>com.codahale.metrics</groupId>
       <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
       <version>${metrics.version}</version>
@@ -682,6 +702,11 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
       <version>2.2.2</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.projectfloodlight</groupId>
+      <artifactId>openflowj</artifactId>
+      <version>0.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- Floodlight's dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>args4j</groupId>