diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java
index dc60c485b..8e5e20a1c 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AssemblyAnalyzer.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class AssemblyAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
 
             // First, see if there was an error
             final String error = xpath.evaluate("/assembly/error", doc);
-            if (error != null && !"".equals(error)) {
+            if (error != null && !error.isEmpty()) {
                 throw new AnalysisException(error);
             }
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class AssemblyAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
             final Document doc = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder().parse(p.getInputStream());
             final XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
             final String error = xpath.evaluate("/assembly/error", doc);
-            if (p.waitFor() != 1 || error == null || "".equals(error)) {
+            if (p.waitFor() != 1 || error == null || error.isEmpty()) {
                 LOGGER.warn("An error occurred with the .NET AssemblyAnalyzer, please see the log for more details.");
                 LOGGER.debug("GrokAssembly.exe is not working properly");
                 grokAssemblyExe = null;
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
index e153ff2a3..367fe376a 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public class CPEAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
 
         final String cleanText = cleanseText(searchText);
 
-        if ("".equals(cleanText)) {
+        if (cleanText.isEmpty()) {
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nexus/NexusSearch.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nexus/NexusSearch.java
index e0863d7f3..3c53504b1 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nexus/NexusSearch.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/nexus/NexusSearch.java
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ public class NexusSearch {
                                 "/org.sonatype.nexus.rest.model.NexusArtifact/pomLink",
                                 doc);
                 final MavenArtifact ma = new MavenArtifact(groupId, artifactId, version);
-                if (link != null && !"".equals(link)) {
+                if (link != null && !link.isEmpty()) {
                     ma.setArtifactUrl(link);
                 }
-                if (pomLink != null && !"".equals(pomLink)) {
+                if (pomLink != null && !pomLink.isEmpty()) {
                     ma.setPomUrl(pomLink);
                 }
                 return ma;