diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8db106442..09d8355db 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
                 <groupId>net.openhft</groupId>
                 <artifactId>third-party-bom</artifactId>
                 <type>pom</type>
-                <version>3.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.openhft</groupId>
                 <artifactId>chronicle-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>1.11.8</version>
+                <version>1.11.15</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Objects.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Objects.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a14239819..30b1e0118
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Objects.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Objects.java
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 /**
  * java.util.Objects since Java 7
  */
-final class Objects {
+enum Objects {
+    ;
     static int hash(Object... values) {
         return Arrays.hashCode(values);
     }
 
-    static boolean equal(@Nullable Object a, @Nullable Object b) {
+    // use the same API as Java 8's Objects.equals
+    static boolean equals(@Nullable Object a, @Nullable Object b) {
         return a != null ? a.equals(b) : b == null;
     }