diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d487a53..393052e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
         <netty4.version>4.0.23.Final</netty4.version>
         <copycat.version>0.4.0.onos</copycat.version>
         <openflowj.version>0.3.9.oe</openflowj.version>
+        <karaf.version>3.0.3</karaf.version>
+        <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -194,19 +196,19 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
-                <version>1.19</version>
+                <version>${jersey.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-core</artifactId>
-                <version>1.19</version>
+                <version>${jersey.version}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
-                <version>1.19</version>
+                <version>${jersey.version}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -241,10 +243,18 @@
                 <version>1.9.8</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.karaf.features</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.features.core</artifactId>
+                <version>${karaf.version}</version>
+                <scope>provided</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.karaf.shell</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.shell.console</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.2</version>
+                <version>${karaf.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>