Updated YCSB dependency and added my developer details to root pom
diff --git a/gora-benchmark/pom.xml b/gora-benchmark/pom.xml
index c931aa5..1128017 100644
--- a/gora-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/gora-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
-
+    
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <groupId>site.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkClient.java b/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkClient.java
index fa37b06..79c5840 100644
--- a/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkClient.java
+++ b/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkClient.java
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.ByteIterator;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.DB;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.DBException;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.Status;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.StringByteIterator;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.workloads.CoreWorkload;
+import site.ycsb.ByteIterator;
+import site.ycsb.DB;
+import site.ycsb.DBException;
+import site.ycsb.Status;
+import site.ycsb.StringByteIterator;
+import site.ycsb.workloads.CoreWorkload;
+
 import org.apache.gora.benchmark.generated.User;
 
 /**
diff --git a/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkUtils.java b/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkUtils.java
index a2ac860..27c991d 100644
--- a/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkUtils.java
+++ b/gora-benchmark/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraBenchmarkUtils.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.ByteIterator;
+import site.ycsb.ByteIterator;
 
 /**
  * The Class GoraBenchmarkUtils has some utilities that dynamically generate
diff --git a/gora-benchmark/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraClientTest.java b/gora-benchmark/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraClientTest.java
index 5bf6008..321d151 100644
--- a/gora-benchmark/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraClientTest.java
+++ b/gora-benchmark/src/test/java/org/apache/gora/benchmark/GoraClientTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.gora.benchmark.generated.User;
 import org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory;
 import org.apache.gora.util.GoraException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -40,11 +39,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.ByteIterator;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.NumericByteIterator;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.Status;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.StringByteIterator;
-import com.yahoo.ycsb.workloads.CoreWorkload;
 
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.MongodExecutable;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.MongodProcess;
@@ -54,6 +48,10 @@
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.config.Net;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.distribution.Version;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.runtime.Network;
+import site.ycsb.ByteIterator;
+import site.ycsb.Status;
+import site.ycsb.StringByteIterator;
+import site.ycsb.workloads.CoreWorkload;
 
 /**
  * The Class GoraClientTest.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad71914..5cdc319 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,10 +288,17 @@
         <role>PMC Member</role>
       </roles>
     </developer>
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+     <developer>
+      <id>sheriffo</id>
+      <name>Sheriffo Ceesay</name>
+      <email>sheriffo [at] apache [dot] org</email>
+=======
     <developer>
       <id>chanakadkb</id>
       <name>Chanaka Balasooriya</name>
       <email>chanakadkb [at] apache [dot] org</email>
+>>>>>>> upstream/master
       <roles>
         <role>Committer</role>
         <role>PMC Member</role>
@@ -859,7 +866,7 @@
     <test.container.version>1.4.2</test.container.version>
     
     <!-- gora-benchmark and version dependencies -->
-    <ycsb.version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</ycsb.version>
+    <site.ycsb.version>0.17.0</site.ycsb.version>
     <datafactory.version>0.8</datafactory.version>
     
 
@@ -1764,9 +1771,9 @@
       
       <!-- Gora Benchmark Dependencies -->
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+        <groupId>site.ycsb</groupId>
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-        <version>${ycsb.version}</version>
+        <version>${site.ycsb.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       
       <dependency>