diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/JhoveFileType.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/JhoveFileType.java
index 5dbfd4951cd..e20a87c9813 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/JhoveFileType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/JhoveFileType.java
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ public RepInfo checkFileType(File file) {
                      * throw arbitrary files at it, so we'll skip it.
                      */
                     //Iterator iter = _moduleList.iterator();
-                    Iterator iter = jb.getModuleList().iterator();
+                    Iterator<Module> iter = jb.getModuleList().iterator();
                     while (iter.hasNext()) {
-                        Module mod = (Module) iter.next();
+                        Module mod = iter.next();
                         RepInfo infc = (RepInfo) info.clone();
 
                         if (mod.hasFeature("edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.canValidate")) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/StringUtil.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/StringUtil.java
index 1d160e6e792..595f4c1e3be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public static String html2text(String html) {
      * @return A list of clean strings or an empty list.
      */
     public static List<String> htmlArray2textArray(List<String> htmlArray) {
-        List cleanTextArray = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<String> cleanTextArray = new ArrayList<>();
         if (htmlArray == null) {
             return cleanTextArray;
         }