diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e06860a2e..818d1cc633 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         <!-- OSGI properties -->
         <equinox.version>3.7.1.R37x_v20110808_1106</equinox.version>    
         <felix.bundlerepository.version>1.6.6</felix.bundlerepository.version>
-        <karaf.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</karaf.version>
+        <karaf.version>4.2.7</karaf.version>
         <karaf.osgi.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</karaf.osgi.version>
         <aries.blueprint.version>0.4</aries.blueprint.version>
         <aries.jmx.version>0.3.1-SNAPSHOT</aries.jmx.version>
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ only found in cxf
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
                     <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <version>4.2.7</version>
                     <extensions>true</extensions>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>