diff --git a/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/filtering/GroovyMetaFilterBuilder.java b/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/filtering/GroovyMetaFilterBuilder.java
index e5c9993e..a1f60d32 100644
--- a/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/filtering/GroovyMetaFilterBuilder.java
+++ b/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/filtering/GroovyMetaFilterBuilder.java
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ public void parse(String filterAsString) {
          */
         public boolean match(Meta meta) {
             try {
-                Object matcher = this.groovyClass.newInstance();
+                Object matcher = this.groovyClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                 this.metaField.set(matcher, meta);
                 return (Boolean) this.match.invoke(matcher);
-            } catch (InstantiationException | InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+            } catch (InstantiationException | InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't instantiate dynamic groovy matcher", e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/internal/healthcheck/HttpHealthCheckImpl.java b/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/internal/healthcheck/HttpHealthCheckImpl.java
index 918d7b34..58676cda 100644
--- a/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/internal/healthcheck/HttpHealthCheckImpl.java
+++ b/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/internal/healthcheck/HttpHealthCheckImpl.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BasicCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
@@ -51,11 +50,14 @@ public void check() {
                 .build();
 
             HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);
-            CloseableHttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpGet);
-            if (response.getCode() != 200) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException(
-                    "Status code is " + response.getCode() + ". " + response.getReasonPhrase());
-            }
+            httpclient.execute(httpGet, response -> {
+                if (response.getCode() != 200) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException(
+                        "Status code is " + response.getCode() + ". " + response.getReasonPhrase());
+                }
+                return null;
+            });
+
         } catch (IOException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException | KeyStoreException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(e);
         }
diff --git a/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/support/RequestFactory.java b/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/support/RequestFactory.java
index ced2c741..9af69e47 100644
--- a/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/support/RequestFactory.java
+++ b/jbehave-support-core/src/main/java/org/jbehavesupport/core/support/RequestFactory.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public REQUEST createRequest() {
             prefix = requestClazz.getSimpleName();
         }
         try {
-            REQUEST request = requestClazz.newInstance();
+            REQUEST request = requestClazz.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             factoryContext.put(prefix, request);
             handleKeys();
             return request;
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ private void handleCollectionIndexStep() throws ReflectiveOperationException {
         if (isAbstract(type)) {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Abstract classes are not supported as generic");
         }
-        Object value = type.newInstance();
+        Object value = type.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
         Object collection = factoryContext.get(pathPrevious);
         ((Collection) collection).add(value);
         factoryContext.put(pathCurrent, value);
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ private void handleNestedStep() throws ReflectiveOperationException {
             } else if (isAssignable(type, JAXBElement.class)) {
                 value = resolveJaxbElement(testContext, pathCurrent, null);
             } else if (!isAbstract(type)) {
-                value = type.newInstance();
+                value = type.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             } else {
                 throw new IllegalStateException(
                     "Field " + pathCurrent + " is abstract. Please provide fully qualified class name in example table or register custom handler");
@@ -368,10 +369,10 @@ private XmlElementRef getXmlElementRef() {
 
     private Object instantiateClass(Class<?> toInstantiate) {
         try {
-            return toInstantiate.newInstance();
+            return toInstantiate.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
         } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Provided implementation is not accessible: " + toInstantiate.getSimpleName(), e);
-        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+        } catch (InstantiationException | NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Provided implementation could not be instantiated: " + toInstantiate.getSimpleName(), e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/jbehave-support-core/src/test/groovy/org/jbehavesupport/core/sql/CompareExpectedRowsFalseStrictMatch.groovy b/jbehave-support-core/src/test/groovy/org/jbehavesupport/core/sql/CompareExpectedRowsFalseStrictMatch.groovy
index 9d2037f9..cca20916 100644
--- a/jbehave-support-core/src/test/groovy/org/jbehavesupport/core/sql/CompareExpectedRowsFalseStrictMatch.groovy
+++ b/jbehave-support-core/src/test/groovy/org/jbehavesupport/core/sql/CompareExpectedRowsFalseStrictMatch.groovy
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class CompareExpectedRowsFalseStrictMatch extends Specification {
         def expectations = new ExamplesTable("| INT | DOUBLE | DECIMAL | STRING | DATE                |\r\n"
                                            + "|   1 |   1.01 |   10.01 | fsa#df | 2010-10-10T10:10:10 |\r\n")
         def row = new HashMap<String,Object>(){{
-            put("INT",new Integer(1))
-            put("DOUBLE",new Double(1.01))
+            put("INT", Integer.valueOf(1))
+            put("DOUBLE", Double.valueOf(1.01))
             put("DECIMAL",new BigDecimal("10.01"))
             put("STRING",new String("fsa#df"))
             put("DATE", LocalDateTime.of(2010, Month.OCTOBER, 10, 10, 10, 10))}}