diff --git a/appserver/packager/notification-xmpp/pom.xml b/appserver/packager/notification-xmpp/pom.xml
index 15d9d3a70be..4de4ccd56f4 100644
--- a/appserver/packager/notification-xmpp/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/packager/notification-xmpp/pom.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.xpp3</artifactId>
             <version>${xpp3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jxmpp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jxmpp-jid</artifactId>
+            <version>${jxmpp.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.minidns</groupId>
+            <artifactId>minidns-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${minidns.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/TestXmppNotifier.java b/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/TestXmppNotifier.java
index 1d1dee3e7e0..235b8060124 100644
--- a/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/TestXmppNotifier.java
+++ b/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/TestXmppNotifier.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public void execute(AdminCommandContext context) {
                     .setSecurityMode(options.getSecurityDisabled()
                             ? ConnectionConfiguration.SecurityMode.disabled
                             : ConnectionConfiguration.SecurityMode.required)
-                    .setServiceName(options.getServiceName())
+                    .setXmppDomain(options.getServiceName())
                     .setHost(options.getHost())
                     .setPort(options.getPort())
                     .build();
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public void execute(AdminCommandContext context) {
             } else {
                 connection.login();
             }
-        } catch (SmackException | IOException | XMPPException ex) {
+        } catch (SmackException | IOException | XMPPException | InterruptedException ex) {
             actionReport.setMessage(ex.getMessage());
             actionReport.setActionExitCode(ActionReport.ExitCode.FAILURE);
             queue.resetQueue();
diff --git a/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotificationRunnable.java b/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotificationRunnable.java
index e980dccacd0..4cf8ece1035 100644
--- a/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotificationRunnable.java
+++ b/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotificationRunnable.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
  *
- * Copyright (c) [2016-2017] Payara Foundation and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) [2016-2022] Payara Foundation and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
  * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.tcp.XMPPTCPConnection;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.muc.MultiUserChat;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.muc.MultiUserChatManager;
+import org.jxmpp.jid.impl.JidCreate;
+import org.jxmpp.jid.parts.Resourcepart;
+import org.jxmpp.stringprep.XmppStringprepException;
 
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -70,10 +73,10 @@ public void run() {
             try {
                 XmppMessage xmppMessage = queue.getMessage();
                 MultiUserChatManager manager = MultiUserChatManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
-                MultiUserChat multiUserChat = manager.getMultiUserChat(executionOptions.getRoomId() + "@" + executionOptions.getServiceName());
+                MultiUserChat multiUserChat = manager.getMultiUserChat(JidCreate.entityBareFrom(executionOptions.getRoomId() + "@" + executionOptions.getServiceName()));
                 if (multiUserChat != null) {
                     if (!multiUserChat.isJoined()) {
-                        multiUserChat.join(executionOptions.getUsername(), executionOptions.getPassword());
+                        multiUserChat.join(Resourcepart.from(executionOptions.getUsername()), executionOptions.getPassword());
                     }
 
                     Message message = new Message();
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ public void run() {
                 }
                 logger.log(Level.FINE, "Message sent successfully");
             }
-            catch (XMPPException | SmackException e) {
+            catch (XMPPException | SmackException | XmppStringprepException | InterruptedException e) {
                 logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error occurred while sending message to room", e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotifierService.java b/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotifierService.java
index d0cafc968be..6c3e6385dae 100644
--- a/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotifierService.java
+++ b/appserver/payara-appserver-modules/notification-xmpp-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/notification/xmpp/XmppNotifierService.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public void bootstrap() {
                         .setSecurityMode(executionOptions.getSecurityDisabled() ?
                                 ConnectionConfiguration.SecurityMode.disabled :
                                 ConnectionConfiguration.SecurityMode.required)
-                        .setServiceName(executionOptions.getServiceName())
+                        .setXmppDomain(executionOptions.getServiceName())
                         .setHost(executionOptions.getHost())
                         .setPort(executionOptions.getPort())
                         .build();
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ public void bootstrap() {
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
             logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "IO Error occurred while connecting host", e);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "InterruptedException occurred while connecting host", e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/nucleus/pom.xml b/nucleus/pom.xml
index b0e7acd4d6a..2602a5fd5da 100644
--- a/nucleus/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/pom.xml
@@ -237,8 +237,9 @@
         <mail.version>1.6.2.payara-p1</mail.version>
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
         <hazelcast.version>3.11.1</hazelcast.version>
-        <smack.version>4.1.9</smack.version>
-        <jxmpp.version>0.4.2</jxmpp.version>
+        <smack.version>4.3.4</smack.version>
+        <jxmpp.version>0.6.4</jxmpp.version>
+        <minidns.version>0.3.4</minidns.version>
         <xpp3.version>1.1.4c_7</xpp3.version>
         <snmp4j.version>2.5.3-payara.p1</snmp4j.version>
         <mockito.version>2.2.6</mockito.version>