diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09a9d706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# This workflow will build a Java project with Maven
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/building-and-testing-java-with-maven
+
+name: Java CI with Maven
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  maven-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Git Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: 11
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        env:
+          MAVEN_OPTS: -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=info -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=2 -Dmaven.wagon.http.pool=true
+        run: mvn clean install -Psnapshots -V -B
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 79444a9c..d53dd469 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
       <groupId>org.sakaiproject.search</groupId>
       <artifactId>search-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/api/datamodel/Comment.java b/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/api/datamodel/Comment.java
index 71859876..5fe45998 100644
--- a/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/api/datamodel/Comment.java
+++ b/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/api/datamodel/Comment.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Stack;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.sakaiproject.clog.api.ClogManager;
 import org.sakaiproject.clog.api.cover.SakaiProxy;
 import org.sakaiproject.entity.api.Entity;
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ public void setContent(String text, boolean modified) {
         if (!this.content.equals(text) && modified) {
             modifiedDate = new Date().getTime();
         }
-
-        this.content = StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml(text.trim());
+        this.content = text;
     }
 
     public String getContent() {
diff --git a/impl/pom.xml b/impl/pom.xml
index 454767bb..3778194f 100644
--- a/impl/pom.xml
+++ b/impl/pom.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9044758..5a04aeaf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     <groupId>org.sakaiproject</groupId>
     <artifactId>master</artifactId>
     <version>23-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../master/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <name>CLOG</name>
@@ -44,5 +43,30 @@
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>snapshots</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+        <property>
+          <name>snapshots</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+          <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+          <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
   
 </project>
diff --git a/tool/pom.xml b/tool/pom.xml
index 6b70e8b0..9c9223c7 100644
--- a/tool/pom.xml
+++ b/tool/pom.xml
@@ -56,22 +56,23 @@
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
+      <groupId>jakarta.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.servlet.jsp.jstl-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${sakai.jakarta.jstl-api.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>taglibs</groupId>
-      <artifactId>standard</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.2</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.taglibs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>taglibs-standard-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.5</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/tool/ClogTool.java b/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/tool/ClogTool.java
index b04e906b..f0d4c768 100644
--- a/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/tool/ClogTool.java
+++ b/tool/src/java/org/sakaiproject/clog/tool/ClogTool.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.sakaiproject.clog.api.ClogManager;
 import org.sakaiproject.clog.api.SakaiProxy;
 import org.sakaiproject.component.api.ComponentManager;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) t
         request.setAttribute("sakaiHtmlHead", (String) request.getAttribute("sakai.html.head"));
         
         request.setAttribute("userId", userId);
-        request.setAttribute("userDisplayName", StringEscapeUtils.escapeJavaScript(displayName));
+        request.setAttribute("userDisplayName", StringEscapeUtils.escapeEcmaScript(displayName));
         request.setAttribute("siteId", siteId);
         request.setAttribute("state", state);
 
diff --git a/tool/src/webapp/WEB-INF/functions.tld b/tool/src/webapp/WEB-INF/functions.tld
index f730b583..40c4c944 100644
--- a/tool/src/webapp/WEB-INF/functions.tld
+++ b/tool/src/webapp/WEB-INF/functions.tld
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 
     <function>
         <name>escapeJS</name>
-        <!--<function-class>org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils</function-class>-->
-        <!--<function-signature>java.lang.String escapeEcmaScript(java.lang.String)</function-signature>-->
-        <function-class>org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils</function-class>
-        <function-signature>java.lang.String escapeJavaScript(java.lang.String)</function-signature>
+        <function-class>org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils</function-class>
+        <function-signature>java.lang.String escapeEcmaScript(java.lang.String)</function-signature>
     </function>
 </taglib>