diff --git a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java
index 502740018b0..990cb24875d 100644
--- a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java
+++ b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/util/PolicyManagerUtil.java
@@ -204,9 +204,11 @@ public class PolicyManagerUtil {
             tenantConfiguration = configMgtService.getConfiguration(GENERAL_CONFIG_RESOURCE_PATH);
             List<ConfigurationEntry> configuration = tenantConfiguration.getConfiguration();
 
-            for (ConfigurationEntry cEntry : configuration) {
-                if (cEntry.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(MONITORING_FREQUENCY)) {
-                    monitoringFrequency = (int) cEntry.getValue();
+            if (configuration != null && !configuration.isEmpty()) {
+                for (ConfigurationEntry cEntry : configuration) {
+                    if (cEntry.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(MONITORING_FREQUENCY)) {
+                        monitoringFrequency = (int) cEntry.getValue();
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12b522c5bbb..770dffd2c4a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@
                         <groupId>commons-pool.wso2</groupId>
                         <artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -386,6 +390,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.registry</groupId>
                         <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <!-- End of Governance dependencies -->
@@ -808,6 +816,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.registry</groupId>
                         <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.registry.ws.client</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>