diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Dependency.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Dependency.java
index 20c896dc6..a847aba13 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Dependency.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Dependency.java
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  */
 public class Dependency implements Serializable, Comparable<Dependency> {
 
+    /**
+     * The serial version UID for serialization.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     /**
      * The logger.
      */
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Evidence.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Evidence.java
index de550e60c..e95fe7d11 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Evidence.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Evidence.java
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
  */
 public class Evidence implements Serializable, Comparable<Evidence> {
 
+    /**
+     * The serial version UID for serialization.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     /**
      * Used as starting point for generating the value in {@link #hashCode()}.
      */
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/EvidenceCollection.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/EvidenceCollection.java
index 6cadd85a9..eabfee9ed 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/EvidenceCollection.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/EvidenceCollection.java
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  */
 public class EvidenceCollection implements Serializable, Iterable<Evidence> {
 
+    /**
+     * The serial version UID for serialization.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     /**
      * The logger.
      */
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Identifier.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Identifier.java
index e392429ae..ff09efeb9 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Identifier.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/dependency/Identifier.java
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
  */
 public class Identifier implements Serializable, Comparable<Identifier> {
 
+    /**
+     * The serial version UID for serialization.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
     /**
      * Default constructor. Should only be used for automatic class
      * creation as is the case with many XML parsers (for the parsing
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParseException.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParseException.java
index 0a9e5be98..be98e127c 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParseException.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParseException.java
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public class PomParseException extends IOException {
 
+    /**
+     * The serial version UID for serialization.
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
     /**
      * Creates a new SuppressionParseException.
      */