diff --git a/bundleplugin/pom.xml b/bundleplugin/pom.xml
index f3f3bbd..99c8ff7 100644
--- a/bundleplugin/pom.xml
+++ b/bundleplugin/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  <parent>
    <artifactId>felix-parent</artifactId>
    <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-   <version>2.1</version>
+   <version>3</version>
    <relativePath>../pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
  </parent>
 
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
   <url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/trunk/bundleplugin</url>
  </scm>
 
+ <properties>
+    <felix.java.version>6</felix.java.version>
+ </properties>
+
  <build>
   <pluginManagement>
    <plugins>