diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e46b008a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Description of change
+(write a short description or paste a link to JIRA)
+
+# Manual QA steps
+ - 
+ 
+# Risks
+ - 
+ 
+# Rollback steps
+ - revert this branch
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 269a39149..308dde17e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.1</version>
+            <version>1.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>