diff --git a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AdminServlet.java b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AdminServlet.java
index 32adbf1abb..5d64eedaf1 100644
--- a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AdminServlet.java
+++ b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AdminServlet.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.baeldung.javaee.security;
 
-import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.annotation.HttpConstraint;
 import javax.servlet.annotation.ServletSecurity;
 import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 public class AdminServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
     @Override
-    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
+    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
         response.getWriter().append("User :" + request.getUserPrincipal().getName() + "\n");
         response.getWriter().append("User in Role user_role :" + request.isUserInRole("user_role") + "\n");
         response.getWriter().append("User in Role admin_role :" + request.isUserInRole("admin_role"));
diff --git a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AppConfig.java b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AppConfig.java
index a16d944f5a..2d37b12851 100644
--- a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AppConfig.java
+++ b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/AppConfig.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package com.baeldung.javaee.security;
 
 import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import javax.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http.BasicAuthenticationMechanismDefinition;
-import javax.security.enterprise.authentication.mechanism.http.CustomFormAuthenticationMechanismDefinition;
 import javax.security.enterprise.identitystore.DatabaseIdentityStoreDefinition;
 
 @BasicAuthenticationMechanismDefinition(realmName = "defaultRealm")
diff --git a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/UserServlet.java b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/UserServlet.java
index 548b5f6d85..9f14cd8817 100644
--- a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/UserServlet.java
+++ b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaee/security/UserServlet.java
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package com.baeldung.javaee.security;
 
-import javax.annotation.security.DeclareRoles;
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-import javax.security.enterprise.SecurityContext;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.annotation.HttpConstraint;
 import javax.servlet.annotation.ServletSecurity;
diff --git a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
index c49adff459..e1934ca608 100644
--- a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
+++ b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/app-auth-basic-store-db/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
         <feature>webProfile-8.0</feature>
     </featureManager>
 
+    <variable name="default.http.port" defaultValue="9080"/>
+    <variable name="default.https.port" defaultValue="9443"/>
+    <variable name="app.context.root" defaultValue="/"/>
+
     <httpEndpoint httpPort="${default.http.port}" httpsPort="${default.https.port}"
                   id="defaultHttpEndpoint" host="*"/>
 </server>
diff --git a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/pom.xml b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/pom.xml
index 7d1a19cb88..08a7e9078a 100644
--- a/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/pom.xml
+++ b/security-modules/java-ee-8-security-api/pom.xml
@@ -31,32 +31,31 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
+        <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3.2</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
+                <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.2</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
-                    <packagingExcludes>pom.xml</packagingExcludes>
+                    <serverName>guideServer</serverName>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>net.wasdev.wlp.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${liberty-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <install>
-                        <runtimeUrl>
-                            https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/openliberty/runtime/release/2018-09-05_2337/openliberty-18.0.0.3.zip
-                        </runtimeUrl>
-                    </install>
-                    <looseApplication>true</looseApplication>
-                    <installAppPackages>project</installAppPackages>
-                    <configFile>src/main/liberty/config/server.xml</configFile>
-                    <stripVersion>true</stripVersion>
-                    <bootstrapProperties>
+                    <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <default.http.port>${defaultHttpPort}</default.http.port>
-                        <default.https.port>${defaultHttpsPort}</default.https.port>
-                    </bootstrapProperties>
+                        <http.port>${defaultHttpPort}</http.port>
+                        <war.name>${liberty.var.app.context.root}</war.name>
+                    </systemPropertyVariables>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
@@ -65,9 +64,10 @@
     <properties>
         <defaultHttpPort>9080</defaultHttpPort>
         <defaultHttpsPort>9443</defaultHttpsPort>
-        <javaee-version>8.0</javaee-version>
+        <javaee-version>8.0.1</javaee-version>
         <liberty-maven-plugin.version>2.3</liberty-maven-plugin.version>
         <openliberty-runtime.version>18.0.0.1</openliberty-runtime.version>
+        <liberty.var.app.context.root>${project.artifactId}</liberty.var.app.context.root>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/security-modules/pom.xml b/security-modules/pom.xml
index 08e0315698..b779c0d46d 100644
--- a/security-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/security-modules/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <module>apache-shiro</module>
         <module>cas</module>
         <module>cloud-foundry-uaa</module>
-        <!-- <module>java-ee-8-security-api</module> --> <!-- Fixing in JAVA-23118 -->
+        <module>java-ee-8-security-api</module>
         <module>jee-7-security</module>
         <module>jjwt</module>
         <module>jwt</module>