diff --git a/dependencymanager/annotation/doc/changelog.txt b/dependencymanager/annotation/doc/changelog.txt
index cff358b..f380707 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/annotation/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/dependencymanager/annotation/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
     * removed LICENSE.json 
     * removed changelog.txt from root of project
-    * [FELIX-2954 ] - annotated component factory does not allow to provide a component instance explicitly
+    * [FELIX-2954] - annotated component factory does not allow to provide a component instance explicitly
+    * [FELIX-2956] - json should be embedded in the annotation scanner plugin
 
 Initial Release 3.0.0
 ---------------------
diff --git a/dependencymanager/annotation/pom.xml b/dependencymanager/annotation/pom.xml
index 7495510..bbf8abc 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/annotation/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencymanager/annotation/pom.xml
@@ -1,89 +1,108 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-    contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
-    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-    The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version
-    2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-    with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+	<!--
+		Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+		contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+		this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+		The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version
+		2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+		with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by
-    applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
-    the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
-    OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-    License for the specific language governing permissions and
-    limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>felix-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
-        <relativePath>../../pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-    <properties>
-        <osgi.version>4.2.0</osgi.version>
-    </properties>
-    <name>Apache Felix Dependency Manager Annotation</name>
-    <description>Dependency Manager Annotation API and corresponding scanner plugins</description>
-    <artifactId>org.apache.felix.dependencymanager.annotation</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
-            <version>${osgi.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>biz.aQute</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bndlib</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.7</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.7</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20070829</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-    <build>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>.</directory>
-                <targetPath>META-INF</targetPath>
-                <includes>
-                    <include>LICENSE*</include>
-                    <include>NOTICE*</include>
-                    <include>DEPENDENCIES*</include>
-                    <include>*.txt</include>
-                </includes>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.5</source>
-                    <target>1.5</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
+		http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by
+		applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the
+		License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+		CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+		the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the
+		License.
+	-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+		<artifactId>felix-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.2.0</version>
+		<relativePath>../../pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+	<properties>
+		<osgi.version>4.2.0</osgi.version>
+	</properties>
+	<name>Apache Felix Dependency Manager Annotation</name>
+	<description>Dependency Manager Annotation API and corresponding scanner plugins</description>
+	<artifactId>org.apache.felix.dependencymanager.annotation</artifactId>
+	<version>3.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
+			<version>${osgi.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>biz.aQute</groupId>
+			<artifactId>bndlib</artifactId>
+			<version>1.15.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+			<artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.7</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+			<artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.7</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+			<artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
+			<version>20070829</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<resources>
+			<resource>
+				<directory>.</directory>
+				<targetPath>META-INF</targetPath>
+				<includes>
+					<include>LICENSE*</include>
+					<include>NOTICE*</include>
+					<include>DEPENDENCIES*</include>
+					<include>*.txt</include>
+				</includes>
+			</resource>
+		</resources>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.5</source>
+					<target>1.5</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<includeArtifactIds>
+								json
+                            </includeArtifactIds>
+							<outputDirectory>
+								${project.build.outputDirectory}
+                            </outputDirectory>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 </project>