diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f03bc2..add7a98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     <surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <!-- version properties -->
-    <cdap.version>6.1.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.version>
-    <hydrator.version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</hydrator.version>
+    <cdap.version>6.10.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.version>
+    <hydrator.version>2.12.0-SNAPSHOT</hydrator.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
     <jython.version>2.5.2</jython.version>
     <py4j.version>0.10.8.1</py4j.version>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.cdap.cdap</groupId>
-      <artifactId>cdap-data-pipeline</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>cdap-data-pipeline3_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${cdap.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/KeyStores.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/KeyStores.java
index a31966a..0e8425a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/KeyStores.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/KeyStores.java
@@ -17,14 +17,20 @@
 package io.cdap.plugin.python.transform;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;
+
 import sun.security.x509.AlgorithmId;
 import sun.security.x509.CertificateAlgorithmId;
+import sun.security.x509.CertificateExtensions;
 import sun.security.x509.CertificateIssuerName;
 import sun.security.x509.CertificateSerialNumber;
 import sun.security.x509.CertificateSubjectName;
 import sun.security.x509.CertificateValidity;
 import sun.security.x509.CertificateVersion;
 import sun.security.x509.CertificateX509Key;
+import sun.security.x509.GeneralName;
+import sun.security.x509.GeneralNames;
+import sun.security.x509.IPAddressName;
+import sun.security.x509.SubjectAlternativeNameExtension;
 import sun.security.x509.X500Name;
 import sun.security.x509.X509CertImpl;
 import sun.security.x509.X509CertInfo;
@@ -134,6 +140,10 @@ public static KeyStore generatedCertKeyStore(int validityDays, String password,
   private static X509Certificate getCertificate(String dn, KeyPair pair, int days, String algorithm) throws IOException,
     CertificateException, NoSuchProviderException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeyException, SignatureException {
     // Calculate the validity interval of the certificate
+    GeneralNames generalNames = new GeneralNames();
+    generalNames.add(new GeneralName(new IPAddressName("127.0.0.1")));
+    CertificateExtensions ext = new CertificateExtensions();
+    ext.set(SubjectAlternativeNameExtension.NAME, new SubjectAlternativeNameExtension(generalNames));
     Date from = new Date();
     Date to = DateUtils.addDays(from, days);
     CertificateValidity interval = new CertificateValidity(from, to);
@@ -143,8 +153,10 @@ private static X509Certificate getCertificate(String dn, KeyPair pair, int days,
     X500Name owner = new X500Name(dn);
     // Create an info objects with the provided information, which will be used to create the certificate
     X509CertInfo info = new X509CertInfo();
+    info.set(X509CertInfo.VERSION, new CertificateVersion(CertificateVersion.V3));
     info.set(X509CertInfo.VALIDITY, interval);
     info.set(X509CertInfo.SERIAL_NUMBER, new CertificateSerialNumber(sn));
+    info.set(X509CertInfo.EXTENSIONS, ext);
     // In java 7, subject is of type CertificateSubjectName and issuer is of type CertificateIssuerName.
     // These were changed to X500Name in Java8. So looking at the field type before setting them.
     // This certificate will be self signed, hence the subject and the issuer are same.
@@ -165,7 +177,6 @@ private static X509Certificate getCertificate(String dn, KeyPair pair, int days,
       info.set(X509CertInfo.ISSUER, owner);
     }
     info.set(X509CertInfo.KEY, new CertificateX509Key(pair.getPublic()));
-    info.set(X509CertInfo.VERSION, new CertificateVersion(CertificateVersion.V3));
     AlgorithmId algo = new AlgorithmId(AlgorithmId.sha1WithRSAEncryption_oid);
     info.set(X509CertInfo.ALGORITHM_ID, new CertificateAlgorithmId(algo));
     // Create the certificate and sign it with the private key
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/Py4jPythonExecutor.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/Py4jPythonExecutor.java
index fe7618a..efc1014 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/Py4jPythonExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/Py4jPythonExecutor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import io.cdap.cdap.etl.api.Emitter;
 import io.cdap.plugin.common.script.ScriptContext;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import org.awaitility.core.ConditionTimeoutException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -106,8 +108,10 @@ private KeyStore generatePemFileAndKeyStore(String transformTempDirString) throw
 
   private File prepareTempFiles() throws IOException, UnrecoverableKeyException,
     CertificateEncodingException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException {
-    URL url = getClass().getResource("/pythonEvaluator.py");
-    String scriptText = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(url.getPath())), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    String scriptText;
+    try (InputStream url = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/pythonEvaluator.py")) {
+      scriptText = IOUtils.toString(url, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
     scriptText = scriptText.replaceAll(USER_CODE_PLACEHOLDER, config.getScript());
 
     Path transformTempDirPath = Files.createTempDirectory("transform");
@@ -191,8 +195,18 @@ public void initialize(ScriptContext scriptContext) throws IOException,
 
 
     Class[] entryClasses = new Class[]{Py4jTransport.class};
-    py4jTransport = (Py4jTransport) gatewayServer.getPythonServerEntryPoint(entryClasses);
-
+    // gatewayServer.getPythonServerEntryPoint function uses the current thread classloader (Executor classloader)
+    // to load classes instead of using Plugin classloader which causes classloading issues.
+    // To avoid this we are setting the current thread classloader to Plugin classloader before calling
+    // gatewayServer.getPythonServerEntryPoint function and revert it back to Executor classloader.
+    ClassLoader exectorClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+    ClassLoader pluginClassloader = Py4jTransport.class.getClassLoader();
+    Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(pluginClassloader);
+    try {
+      py4jTransport = (Py4jTransport) gatewayServer.getPythonServerEntryPoint(entryClasses);
+    } finally {
+      Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(exectorClassLoader);
+    }
     LOGGER.debug("Waiting for py4j gateway to start...");
 
     try {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/pythonEvaluator.py b/src/main/resources/pythonEvaluator.py
index 519bc76..6af20a7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/pythonEvaluator.py
+++ b/src/main/resources/pythonEvaluator.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Java:
 
 # address must match cert, because we're checking hostnames
 gateway_parameters = GatewayParameters(
-  address='localhost',
+  address='127.0.0.1',
   ssl_context=client_ssl_context)
 
 transform_transport = PythonTransformTransportImpl()
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/PythonTransformNativeTest.java b/src/test/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/PythonTransformNativeTest.java
index 77951ab..ee7d47e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/PythonTransformNativeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/cdap/plugin/python/transform/PythonTransformNativeTest.java
@@ -17,14 +17,27 @@
 package io.cdap.plugin.python.transform;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.data.format.StructuredRecord;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.KeyStoreException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -62,4 +75,30 @@ public void testImportThirdPartyLibrary() throws Exception {
 
     Assert.assertEquals(new HashSet<>(outputRecords), new HashSet<>(INPUT_DEFAULT));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSSLCertificateGeneration() throws UnrecoverableKeyException, CertificateException,
+          NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, IOException {
+    KeyStore ks = KeyStores.generatedCertKeyStore(10, "password");
+    File pemFile = temporaryFolder.newFile("selfsigned.pem");
+    KeyStores.generatePemFileFromKeyStore(ks, "password", pemFile);
+
+    List<String> certFile = Files.readLines(pemFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    certFile.removeIf(String::isEmpty);
+    // should contain 6 lines
+    // -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n <encoded private key>\n -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n
+    // -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n <encoded public key>\n -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+    Assert.assertEquals(6, certFile.size());
+    byte [] decodedPublicKey = Base64.getDecoder().decode(certFile.get(4));
+    X509Certificate cert = (X509Certificate) CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509")
+            .generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(decodedPublicKey));
+
+    Collection<List<?>> sans = cert.getSubjectAlternativeNames();
+    // Should contain only 1 san (ip: 127.0.0.1)
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, sans.size());
+    Integer sanType = (Integer) ((List<?>) sans.toArray()[0]).get(0);
+    Assert.assertEquals((Integer) 7, sanType); // Enum for IPAddress
+    String sanValue = (String) ((List<?>) sans.toArray()[0]).get(1);
+    Assert.assertEquals("127.0.0.1", sanValue);
+  }
 }