diff --git a/activemq-karaf-itest/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/itest/ObrFeatureTest.java b/activemq-karaf-itest/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/itest/ObrFeatureTest.java
index 2e8a1c5283..2aa07591b7 100644
--- a/activemq-karaf-itest/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/itest/ObrFeatureTest.java
+++ b/activemq-karaf-itest/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/itest/ObrFeatureTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class ObrFeatureTest extends AbstractFeatureTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 5 * 60 * 1000)
     public void testClientWithSpring32() throws Throwable {
-        testWithSpringVersion("3.2.17.RELEASE_1");
+        testWithSpringVersion("3.2.18.RELEASE_1");
     }
 
     @Test(timeout = 5 * 60 * 1000)
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ public class ObrFeatureTest extends AbstractFeatureTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 5 * 60 * 1000)
     public void testClientWithSpring42() throws Throwable {
-        testWithSpringVersion("4.2.8.RELEASE_1");
+        testWithSpringVersion("4.2.9.RELEASE_1");
+    }
+
+    @Test(timeout = 5 * 60 * 1000)
+    public void testClientWithSpring43() throws Throwable {
+        testWithSpringVersion("4.3.5.RELEASE_1");
     }
 
     private void testWithSpringVersion(String version) throws Exception, Throwable {
diff --git a/activemq-karaf/pom.xml b/activemq-karaf/pom.xml
index f5c0c255d3..0f5825523f 100644
--- a/activemq-karaf/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-karaf/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
      <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.aries.blueprint</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.apache.aries.blueprint.core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.4</version>
+      <version>1.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de95259bea..2e7a557b3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
     <hamcrest-version>1.3</hamcrest-version>
     <jxta-version>2.0</jxta-version>
-    <karaf-version>4.0.8</karaf-version>
+    <karaf-version>4.0.9</karaf-version>
     <leveldb-api-version>0.9</leveldb-api-version>
     <leveldb-version>0.9</leveldb-version>
     <leveldbjni-version>1.8</leveldbjni-version>