diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
index 9c19f0382..5fb293a37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/migrationreader/MigrationXmlWriter.java
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ public class MigrationXmlWriter {
 
       writer.close();
 
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-
-    } catch (JAXBException e) {
+    } catch (IOException | JAXBException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanLifecycleAdapterFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanLifecycleAdapterFactory.java
index 19e782aab..029f83fb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanLifecycleAdapterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanLifecycleAdapterFactory.java
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ public class BeanLifecycleAdapterFactory {
     private void invoke(Method method, Object bean) {
       try {
         method.invoke(bean);
-      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-        throw new PersistenceException("Error invoking lifecycle method", e);
-      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException e) {
         throw new PersistenceException("Error invoking lifecycle method", e);
       }
     }
@@ -237,9 +235,7 @@ public class BeanLifecycleAdapterFactory {
     private void invoke(Method method, Object bean) {
       try {
         method.invoke(bean);
-      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-        throw new PersistenceException("Error invoking lifecycle method", e);
-      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException e) {
         throw new PersistenceException("Error invoking lifecycle method", e);
       }
     }
@@ -272,9 +268,7 @@ public class BeanLifecycleAdapterFactory {
     private void invoke(Method method, Object bean) {
       try {
         method.invoke(bean);
-      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-        throw new PersistenceException("Error invoking lifecycle method", e);
-      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException e) {
         throw new PersistenceException("Error invoking lifecycle method", e);
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/idkeys/TestPropertyChangeSupport.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/idkeys/TestPropertyChangeSupport.java
index 9b5b7911e..b604d74d5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/idkeys/TestPropertyChangeSupport.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/idkeys/TestPropertyChangeSupport.java
@@ -163,11 +163,7 @@ public class TestPropertyChangeSupport extends EbeanTestCase implements Property
 
       Method apcs = al.getClass().getMethod("addPropertyChangeListener", PropertyChangeListener.class);
       apcs.invoke(al, listener);
-    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
   }