diff --git a/activemq-karaf/pom.xml b/activemq-karaf/pom.xml
index d1b30951a4..042d0e4dd4 100644
--- a/activemq-karaf/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-karaf/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     <jdom-bundle-version>1.1_3</jdom-bundle-version>
     <dom4j-bundle-version>1.6.1_2</dom4j-bundle-version>
     <xstream-bundle-version>1.3_3</xstream-bundle-version>
+    <servicemix.specs.version>1.8.0</servicemix.specs.version>
   </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features.xml b/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features.xml
index dac28e8909..a9cadab566 100644
--- a/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features.xml
+++ b/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
     <feature name="activemq-blueprint" version="${activemq-version}" resolver="(obr)">
         <feature version="${activemq-version}">activemq</feature> 
-        <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.apache.servicemix.specs/org.apache.servicemix.specs.scripting-api-1.0/1.7.0</bundle>
+        <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.apache.servicemix.specs/org.apache.servicemix.specs.scripting-api-1.0/${servicemix.specs.version}</bundle>
         <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.apache.commons/commons-jexl/2.0.1</bundle>
         <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.apache.xbean/xbean-blueprint/${xbean-version}</bundle> 
         <bundle>mvn:org.apache.activemq/activemq-blueprint/${activemq-version}</bundle>