diff --git a/src/main/webapp/dataverse.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/dataverse.xhtml
index 06e22ba09bb..2a2abb1b08b 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/dataverse.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/dataverse.xhtml
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="form-group clearfix">
-                                    <p:fragment>
-                                        <p:autoUpdate/>
+                                    <p:fragment autoUpdate="true">
                                         <label class="col-sm-3 control-label" for="contactEmail">
                                             <span data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="auto right" class="tooltiplabel text-info" data-original-title="#{bundle['dataverse.email.title']}">
                                                 #{bundle['dataverse.email']} <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-asterisk text-danger" title="#{bundle.requiredField}"/>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
index ed5010e9bb0..524f6fdf6c5 100755
--- a/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/metadataFragment.xhtml
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
                                             <h:outputText styleClass="glyphicon glyphicon-asterisk text-danger" value="" rendered="#{dsf.required  or dsf.datasetFieldType.hasRequiredChildren }" />
                                         </label>
                                         <!-- Primitive fields -->
-                                        <p:fragment rendered="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.primitive}">
-                                            <p:autoUpdate/>
+                                        <p:fragment autoUpdate="true" rendered="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.primitive}">
                                             <div class="form-group">
                                                 <ui:remove><!-- There is an issue with the dynamic +/- and the primefaces autoupdate where they are not working
                                                     well together for the primitive fields, but are for the compound fields. So as a workaround for the primitive,
@@ -161,8 +160,7 @@
                                             </div>
                                         </p:fragment>
                                         <!-- Compound fields -->
-                                        <p:fragment rendered="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.compound}">
-                                            <p:autoUpdate/>
+                                        <p:fragment autoUpdate="true" rendered="#{dsf.datasetFieldType.compound}">
                                             <div class="form-group form-col-container col-sm-9 dataset-field-values">
                                                 <ui:repeat value="#{dsf.datasetFieldCompoundValues}" var="compoundValue" varStatus="valCount">
                                                     <div class="form-group form-col-container col-sm-9 edit-compound-field">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/themeAndWidgetsFragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/themeAndWidgetsFragment.xhtml
index b1931ae7e5a..315ae30376e 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/themeAndWidgetsFragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/themeAndWidgetsFragment.xhtml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
     <!-- Theme and Widgets Edit Tabs -->
         <p:tabView  rendered="#{themeWidgetFragment.editDv!=null}" id="themeWidgetsTabView" widgetVar="content">
             <p:tab id="themeTab" title="#{bundle['dataverse.theme.title']}" rendered="#{not settingsWrapper.rootDataverseThemeDisabled or themeWidgetFragment.editDv.owner != null}">
-                <p:fragment>
-                    <p:autoUpdate/>
+                <p:fragment autoUpdate="true">
                     <!-- Dataverse Theme Panel -->
                     <div class="row form-horizontal">
                         <div class="form-group" jsf:rendered="#{themeWidgetFragment.editDv.owner!=null}">