diff --git a/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml b/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml
index 4f085ccfd8..b2ed388a9f 100644
--- a/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml
@@ -37,20 +37,6 @@
     </activemq.osgi.import.pkg>
   </properties>
 
-  <repositories>
-        <repository>
-           <id>servicemix</id>
-           <name>Apache ServiceMix Repository</name>
-           <url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/m2-repo</url>
-           <releases>
-               <enabled>true</enabled>
-           </releases>
-           <snapshots>
-               <enabled>false</enabled>
-           </snapshots>
-       </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.aries.blueprint</groupId>
diff --git a/activemq-karaf/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/commands/ActiveMQCommand.java b/activemq-karaf/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/commands/ActiveMQCommand.java
index 3dd9bc6914..581852b28c 100644
--- a/activemq-karaf/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/commands/ActiveMQCommand.java
+++ b/activemq-karaf/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/karaf/commands/ActiveMQCommand.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class ActiveMQCommand extends AbstractCommand implements CompletableFunct
         }
     }
 
-    protected Action createNewAction() throws Exception {
+    public Action createNewAction() {
         Action action = (Action) blueprintContainer.getComponentInstance(actionId);
         if (action instanceof BlueprintContainerAware) {
             ((BlueprintContainerAware) action).setBlueprintContainer(blueprintContainer);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec4f1cfdcd..19fc344847 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <annogen-version>0.1.0</annogen-version>
     <ant-version>1.7.1</ant-version>
     <aopalliance-version>1.0</aopalliance-version>
-    <aries-version>0.1-r964701</aries-version>
+    <aries-version>0.2-incubating</aries-version>
     <axion-version>1.0-M3-dev</axion-version>
     <axis-version>1.2-RC1</axis-version>
     <camel-version>2.4.0</camel-version>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <jmock-version>2.5.1</jmock-version>
     <junit-version>4.5</junit-version>
     <jxta-version>2.0</jxta-version>
-    <karaf-version>2.0.0</karaf-version>
+    <karaf-version>2.1.0</karaf-version>
     <log4j-version>1.2.14</log4j-version>
     <nlog4j-version>1.5.2</nlog4j-version>
     <org-apache-derby-version>10.1.3.1</org-apache-derby-version>