diff --git a/karaf/pom.xml b/karaf/pom.xml
index 74ba504b542..7c9a4071f0f 100644
--- a/karaf/pom.xml
+++ b/karaf/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <karaf.version.plugin>4.0.7</karaf.version.plugin>
-        <karaf.version>4.0.5</karaf.version>
+        <karaf.version>4.0.8</karaf.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>