diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
index 0fffeb03083209f3be91318248112d955966a72e..1d033b7b32860cfe9eec7e4944b977ce61663a65 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
@@ -5720,7 +5720,7 @@ public Pool addPool(long parentObjId, TskData.TSK_POOL_TYPE_ENUM type, CaseDbTra
 			PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.getPreparedStatement(PREPARED_STATEMENT.INSERT_POOL_INFO);
 			preparedStatement.clearParameters();
 			preparedStatement.setLong(1, newObjId);
-			preparedStatement.setShort(2, (short) type.getValue());
+			preparedStatement.setShort(2, type.getValue());
 			connection.executeUpdate(preparedStatement);
 
 			// Create the new Pool object
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
index 9172dce77dbf264ab0c3554cf388d7bd5d1246ed..3246cf5003c6aa4d347017d11db894859d89c3e7 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private static class CaseHandles {
 		 * open file system handles are contained in a pool so we can set the locks
 		 * appropriately. 
 		 */
-		private final List<Long> poolFsList = new ArrayList();
+		private final List<Long> poolFsList = new ArrayList<>();
 		
 		private CaseHandles() {
 			// Nothing to do here