diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6060e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+07/01/2019
+   - Updated Jackson databind library.
+   - Updated tests' descriptions.
+   - Added change log. 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9047b67..dea13b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.7</version>
+			<version>2.9.8</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/FCSQLRequestTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/FCSQLRequestTest.java
index 7b030c3..f6a698a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/FCSQLRequestTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/FCSQLRequestTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 /**
- * The tests in this class requires running KustvaktServer and KorAPSRU.
+ * The tests in this class require a running KustvaktServer.
  * The results are based on the sample corpus from the Goethe corpus.
  * 
  * Specify the Kustvakt service URI at
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/RedirectTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/RedirectTest.java
index 209fb73..7ae9adf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/RedirectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/test/RedirectTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
 
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.util.RedirectStrategy;
 
+/**
+ * The test requires a running KustvaktServer.
+ * Specify the Kustvakt service URI at
+ * /KorapSRU/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+ * 
+ * @author margaretha
+ *
+ */
 public class RedirectTest {
 
     @Test