diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
index a69181d51..419cbd891 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class ReportGenerator {
         velocityEngine.init();
         final EscapeTool enc = new EscapeTool();
 
-        final DateTime dt = DateTime.now();
+        final DateTime dt = new DateTime();//.now();
         final DateTimeFormatter dateFormat = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("MMM d, yyyy 'at' HH:mm:ss z");
         final DateTimeFormatter dateFormatXML = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
 
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/EngineVersionCheckTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/EngineVersionCheckTest.java
index 95b2a8dae..79775fbd0 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/EngineVersionCheckTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/EngineVersionCheckTest.java
@@ -47,12 +47,20 @@ public class EngineVersionCheckTest extends BaseTest {
 //    }
     /**
      * Converts a date in the form of yyyy-MM-dd into the epoch milliseconds.
+     *
      * @param date a date in the format of yyyy-MM-dd
      * @return milliseconds
      */
     private long dateToMilliseconds(String date) {
-        DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
-        return DateTime.parse(date, dtf).toInstant().getMillis();
+        //removed for compatability with joda-time 1.6
+        //DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");
+        //return DateTime.parse(date, dtf).toInstant().getMillis();
+        String[] dp = date.split("-");
+        int y = Integer.parseInt(dp[0]);
+        int m = Integer.parseInt(dp[1]);
+        int d = Integer.parseInt(dp[2]);
+        DateTime dt = new DateTime(y, m, d, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+        return dt.toInstant().getMillis();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 703d0f88b..548d9c13b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -586,10 +586,11 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
     </reporting>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <!-- analysis core (used by Jenkins) uses 1.6-->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
                 <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.7</version>
+                <version>1.6</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>