diff --git a/tools/package/etc/startup.properties b/tools/package/etc/startup.properties
index 086936d..996b47b 100644
--- a/tools/package/etc/startup.properties
+++ b/tools/package/etc/startup.properties
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-# Valid for Karaf 4.2.8. If updating Karaf version in ONOS, make sure to
+# Valid for Karaf 4.2.9. If updating Karaf version in ONOS, make sure to
 # copy-paste here the content of apache-karaf-*/etc/startup.properties in, and
 # update the Kafka and log4j2 additions at the end if needed
 
 # Standard startup.properties file
 # Bundles to be started on startup, with startlevel
-mvn\:org.apache.karaf.features/org.apache.karaf.features.extension/4.2.8 = 1
-mvn\:org.apache.karaf.services/org.apache.karaf.services.eventadmin/4.2.8 = 5
+mvn\:org.apache.karaf.features/org.apache.karaf.features.extension/4.2.9 = 1
 mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.url/pax-url-aether/2.6.2 = 5
+mvn\:org.apache.karaf.services/org.apache.karaf.services.eventadmin/4.2.9 = 5
 mvn\:org.apache.felix/org.apache.felix.metatype/1.2.2 = 5
-mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-api/1.11.4 = 8
+mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-api/1.11.6 = 8
+mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-log4j2/1.11.6 = 8
 mvn\:org.fusesource.jansi/jansi/1.18 = 8
-mvn\:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-log4j2/1.11.4 = 8
 mvn\:org.apache.felix/org.apache.felix.coordinator/1.0.2 = 9
 mvn\:org.apache.felix/org.apache.felix.configadmin/1.9.16 = 10
-mvn\:org.apache.felix/org.apache.felix.fileinstall/3.6.4 = 11
-mvn\:org.apache.karaf.features/org.apache.karaf.features.core/4.2.8 = 15
+mvn\:org.apache.felix/org.apache.felix.fileinstall/3.6.6 = 11
+mvn\:org.apache.karaf.features/org.apache.karaf.features.core/4.2.9 = 15
+
 
 # Added part to enable Kafka log4j2 appender
 # N.B.: kafka-clients should have startlevel lower than onos-tools-package-log4j2-extra