diff --git a/examples/karaf-command-example/karaf-command-example-provider/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-command-example/karaf-command-example-provider/pom.xml
index 23f66c1a8fe..f65c6cd0b13 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-command-example/karaf-command-example-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-command-example/karaf-command-example-provider/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>osgi.core</artifactId>
-            <version>7.0.0</version>
+            <version>8.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-provider/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-provider/pom.xml
index 5516cfbfd67..3903cf70715 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-provider/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>osgi.core</artifactId>
-            <version>7.0.0</version>
+            <version>8.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-simple/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-simple/pom.xml
index b9e355b66cd..96cb53e13b0 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-mbean-example/karaf-mbean-example-simple/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>osgi.core</artifactId>
-            <version>7.0.0</version>
+            <version>8.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>