diff --git a/deps/deps.json b/deps/deps.json
index a947571..67b4b99 100644
--- a/deps/deps.json
+++ b/deps/deps.json
@@ -251,13 +251,14 @@
     "org.osgi.service.metatype.annotations": "mvn:org.osgi:org.osgi.service.metatype.annotations:1.4.0",
     "org.osgi.service.cm": "mvn:org.osgi:org.osgi.service.cm:1.6.0",
     "org.apache.felix.scr.bnd": "mvn:org.apache.felix:org.apache.felix.scr.bnd:1.9.0",
-    "org.apache.karaf.features.core": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.features:org.apache.karaf.features.core:4.2.8",
-    "org.apache.karaf.shell.console": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.console:4.2.8",
-    "org.apache.karaf.shell.core": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.core:4.2.8",
+    "org.apache.karaf.bundle.core": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.bundle:org.apache.karaf.bundle.core:4.2.9",
+    "org.apache.karaf.features.core": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.features:org.apache.karaf.features.core:4.2.9",
+    "org.apache.karaf.shell.console": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.console:4.2.9",
+    "org.apache.karaf.shell.core": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.core:4.2.9",
     "org.apache.httpcomponents.httpasyncclient-osgi": "mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient-osgi:4.1.2",
     "org.apache.httpcomponents.httpcore-nio": "mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore-nio:4.4.4",
-    "org.apache.karaf.jaas": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.jaas:org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules:4.2.8",
-    "org.apache.karaf.system.core": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.system:org.apache.karaf.system.core:4.2.8",
+    "org.apache.karaf.jaas": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.jaas:org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules:4.2.9",
+    "org.apache.karaf.system.core": "mvn:org.apache.karaf.system:org.apache.karaf.system.core:4.2.9",
     "org.apache.servicemix.bundles.snmp4j": "mvn:org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.snmp4j:2.3.4_1",
     "org.osgi.cmpn": "mvn:org.osgi:osgi.cmpn:6.0.0",
     "osgi-core": "mvn:org.osgi:org.osgi.core:6.0.0",
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@
     "validation-api": "mvn:javax.validation:validation-api:2.0.1.Final",
     "checkstyle": "mvn:com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.10",
     // N.B. WHEN UPDATING KARAF: check the kafka-clients library version. Chain of dependencies: karaf->pax-logging-log4j2->log4j2-core->kafka-clients
-    "apache-karaf": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.8-offline-20200131/apache-karaf-4.2.8-offline-20200131.tar.gz",
+    "apache-karaf": "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.9-offline-20200706/apache-karaf-4.2.9-offline-20200706.tar.gz",
     "bndlib": "mvn:biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bndlib:jar:4.1.0",
     "bndexe": "mvn:biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd:4.1.0",
     "libthrift": "mvn:org.apache.thrift:libthrift:0.11.0",
diff --git a/tools/build/bazel/generate_workspace.bzl b/tools/build/bazel/generate_workspace.bzl
index 9579ab7..ec12089 100644
--- a/tools/build/bazel/generate_workspace.bzl
+++ b/tools/build/bazel/generate_workspace.bzl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ***** This file was auto-generated at Thu, 27 Feb 2020 05:50:58 GMT. Do not edit this file manually. *****
+# ***** This file was auto-generated at Thu, 9 Jul 2020 07:25:03 GMT. Do not edit this file manually. *****
 # ***** Use onos-lib-gen *****
 
 load("//tools/build/bazel:variables.bzl", "ONOS_GROUP_ID", "ONOS_VERSION")
@@ -868,24 +868,30 @@
             jar_sha256 = "fee253dd67f87481c1d29f5ba6e6158604f722eac8b35bce868e3693ee00ccac",
             licenses = ["notice"],
             jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/felix/org.apache.felix.scr.bnd/1.9.0/org.apache.felix.scr.bnd-1.9.0.jar"],        )
+    if "org_apache_karaf_bundle_core" not in native.existing_rules():
+        java_import_external(
+            name = "org_apache_karaf_bundle_core",
+            jar_sha256 = "1b494b5c596e1b5fe81136c69a7b0e3ad8e86134207c46bf4cbb029b5414aaf8",
+            licenses = ["notice"],
+            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/bundle/org.apache.karaf.bundle.core/4.2.9/org.apache.karaf.bundle.core-4.2.9.jar"],        )
     if "org_apache_karaf_features_core" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_features_core",
-            jar_sha256 = "8f0556b7eba43e6de4313a600a179b6d81d42f70dfb4cc187213bf02a1a2589b",
+            jar_sha256 = "0b9baf7a41e95d184f26d59cd923431900699b6bf55e09b883300d43fa97aa18",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/features/org.apache.karaf.features.core/4.2.8/org.apache.karaf.features.core-4.2.8.jar"],        )
+            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/features/org.apache.karaf.features.core/4.2.9/org.apache.karaf.features.core-4.2.9.jar"],        )
     if "org_apache_karaf_shell_console" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_shell_console",
-            jar_sha256 = "c11d754be2b67255568b62414e35fedd2a15ba2ee50cd749804521cdd0e771e5",
+            jar_sha256 = "8bb60748f6bf6498b8f2c13cf96919e6f8c361af97d9a373eade474841e85196",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/shell/org.apache.karaf.shell.console/4.2.8/org.apache.karaf.shell.console-4.2.8.jar"],        )
+            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/shell/org.apache.karaf.shell.console/4.2.9/org.apache.karaf.shell.console-4.2.9.jar"],        )
     if "org_apache_karaf_shell_core" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_shell_core",
-            jar_sha256 = "f0232a99f22390a8dd95fa6c346d7c1cb9b7d765ade0e491b8a2864cafb29e19",
+            jar_sha256 = "2b39bfcc5972271f697894364d7937a72317962248b6a6734614f656cb840459",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/shell/org.apache.karaf.shell.core/4.2.8/org.apache.karaf.shell.core-4.2.8.jar"],        )
+            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/shell/org.apache.karaf.shell.core/4.2.9/org.apache.karaf.shell.core-4.2.9.jar"],        )
     if "org_apache_httpcomponents_httpasyncclient_osgi" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_httpcomponents_httpasyncclient_osgi",
@@ -901,15 +907,15 @@
     if "org_apache_karaf_jaas" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_jaas",
-            jar_sha256 = "8c9ef8d7a73c7082208e283e8ec5f523aaf5fd335751d3158dae1d360d635930",
+            jar_sha256 = "a24b744898d9d1bafcd0c094270652896d1e4e4ebaacb35b638dd46b93e5c600",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/jaas/org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules/4.2.8/org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules-4.2.8.jar"],        )
+            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/jaas/org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules/4.2.9/org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules-4.2.9.jar"],        )
     if "org_apache_karaf_system_core" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_system_core",
-            jar_sha256 = "042e3334dc85f141c592a23ee1822b9473bb0b1640ae69e4fcdd6a42aa810a3e",
+            jar_sha256 = "34d1f8057b7d2226cbd1a5219454d038c1799995e9ac9626baa35e284ddfa238",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/system/org.apache.karaf.system.core/4.2.8/org.apache.karaf.system.core-4.2.8.jar"],        )
+            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/system/org.apache.karaf.system.core/4.2.9/org.apache.karaf.system.core-4.2.9.jar"],        )
     if "org_apache_servicemix_bundles_snmp4j" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_servicemix_bundles_snmp4j",
@@ -1003,9 +1009,9 @@
     if "apache_karaf" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "apache_karaf",
-            jar_sha256 = "9e90c037a16d1736e0c49052758a1a2a1b862b4627362c2f3a6df0335554aefd",
+            jar_sha256 = "ad1c15da75d9112537df09bef1e9fcadb11446619f38a22105592a9273061bf4",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.8-offline-20200131/apache-karaf-4.2.8-offline-20200131.tar.gz"],        )
+            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.9-offline-20200706/apache-karaf-4.2.9-offline-20200706.tar.gz"],        )
     if "bndlib" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "bndlib",
@@ -1461,13 +1467,14 @@
 artifact_map["@org_osgi_service_metatype_annotations//:org_osgi_service_metatype_annotations"] = "mvn:org.osgi:org.osgi.service.metatype.annotations:jar:1.4.0"
 artifact_map["@org_osgi_service_cm//:org_osgi_service_cm"] = "mvn:org.osgi:org.osgi.service.cm:jar:1.6.0"
 artifact_map["@org_apache_felix_scr_bnd//:org_apache_felix_scr_bnd"] = "mvn:org.apache.felix:org.apache.felix.scr.bnd:jar:NON-OSGI:1.9.0"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_features_core//:org_apache_karaf_features_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.features:org.apache.karaf.features.core:jar:4.2.8"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_shell_console//:org_apache_karaf_shell_console"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.console:jar:4.2.8"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_shell_core//:org_apache_karaf_shell_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.core:jar:4.2.8"
+artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_bundle_core//:org_apache_karaf_bundle_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.bundle:org.apache.karaf.bundle.core:jar:4.2.9"
+artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_features_core//:org_apache_karaf_features_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.features:org.apache.karaf.features.core:jar:4.2.9"
+artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_shell_console//:org_apache_karaf_shell_console"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.console:jar:4.2.9"
+artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_shell_core//:org_apache_karaf_shell_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.core:jar:4.2.9"
 artifact_map["@org_apache_httpcomponents_httpasyncclient_osgi//:org_apache_httpcomponents_httpasyncclient_osgi"] = "mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient-osgi:jar:4.1.2"
 artifact_map["@org_apache_httpcomponents_httpcore_nio//:org_apache_httpcomponents_httpcore_nio"] = "mvn:org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore-nio:jar:NON-OSGI:4.4.4"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_jaas//:org_apache_karaf_jaas"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.jaas:org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules:jar:4.2.8"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_system_core//:org_apache_karaf_system_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.system:org.apache.karaf.system.core:jar:4.2.8"
+artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_jaas//:org_apache_karaf_jaas"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.jaas:org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules:jar:4.2.9"
+artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_system_core//:org_apache_karaf_system_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.system:org.apache.karaf.system.core:jar:4.2.9"
 artifact_map["@org_apache_servicemix_bundles_snmp4j//:org_apache_servicemix_bundles_snmp4j"] = "mvn:org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.snmp4j:jar:2.3.4_1"
 artifact_map["@org_osgi_cmpn//:org_osgi_cmpn"] = "mvn:org.osgi:osgi.cmpn:jar:6.0.0"
 artifact_map["@osgi_core//:osgi_core"] = "mvn:org.osgi:org.osgi.core:jar:6.0.0"
@@ -1483,7 +1490,7 @@
 artifact_map["@typesafe_config//:typesafe_config"] = "mvn:com.typesafe:config:jar:1.3.2"
 artifact_map["@validation_api//:validation_api"] = "mvn:javax.validation:validation-api:jar:2.0.1.Final"
 artifact_map["@checkstyle//:checkstyle"] = "mvn:com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:jar:NON-OSGI:8.10"
-artifact_map["@apache_karaf//:apache_karaf"] = "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.8-offline-20200131/apache-karaf-4.2.8-offline-20200131.tar.gz"
+artifact_map["@apache_karaf//:apache_karaf"] = "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.9-offline-20200706/apache-karaf-4.2.9-offline-20200706.tar.gz"
 artifact_map["@bndlib//:bndlib"] = "mvn:biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bndlib:jar:4.1.0"
 artifact_map["@bndexe//:bndexe"] = "mvn:biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd:jar:4.1.0"
 artifact_map["@libthrift//:libthrift"] = "mvn:org.apache.thrift:libthrift:jar:0.11.0"
diff --git a/tools/build/bazel/osgi_features.bzl b/tools/build/bazel/osgi_features.bzl
index 90366aa..a156189 100644
--- a/tools/build/bazel/osgi_features.bzl
+++ b/tools/build/bazel/osgi_features.bzl
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <features xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.2.0"
           name="onos-%s">
-    <repository>mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.2.8/xml/features</repository>
+    <repository>mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.2.9/xml/features</repository>
 ''' % ONOS_VERSION
 
 FEATURES_FOOTER = "</features>"
diff --git a/tools/build/build-offline-karaf b/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
index 554f532..3563c49 100755
--- a/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
+++ b/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION="4.2.8"
-KARAF_BASE_PACKAGE_VERSION="4.2.8"
+KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION="4.2.9"
+KARAF_BASE_PACKAGE_VERSION="4.2.9"
 KARAF_TARFILE_NAME="apache-karaf-${KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION}.tar"
 ADDED_BOOT_FEATURES="kar/${KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION},webconsole/${KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION},scr/${KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION},war/${KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION}"
 
diff --git a/tools/build/envDefaults b/tools/build/envDefaults
index 0e80654..bd9cbdb 100644
--- a/tools/build/envDefaults
+++ b/tools/build/envDefaults
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # M2 repository and Karaf gold bits
 export M2_REPO=${M2_REPO:-~/.m2/repository}
-export KARAF_VERSION=4.2.8
+export KARAF_VERSION=4.2.9
 export KARAF_ZIP=${KARAF_ZIP:-~/Downloads/apache-karaf-$KARAF_VERSION.zip}
 export KARAF_TAR=${KARAF_TAR:-~/Downloads/apache-karaf-$KARAF_VERSION.tar.gz}
 export KARAF_DIST=$(basename $KARAF_ZIP .zip)
diff --git a/tools/package/bin/onos-backup b/tools/package/bin/onos-backup
index 65e55d4..6a1af04 100755
--- a/tools/package/bin/onos-backup
+++ b/tools/package/bin/onos-backup
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ONOS_HOME=${ONOS_HOME:-$(cd $(dirname $0)/.. >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)}
 ONOS_DEFAULT_ARCHIVE=$(dirname $ONOS_HOME)/onos-data.tar.gz
-ONOS_KARAF=$ONOS_HOME/apache-karaf-4.2.8
+ONOS_KARAF=$ONOS_HOME/apache-karaf-4.2.9
 
 # Fetch the name of the archive or use a default if none is specified
 archive=${1:-$ONOS_DEFAULT_ARCHIVE}
diff --git a/tools/package/bin/onos-restore b/tools/package/bin/onos-restore
index 3b1f8bf..7900327 100755
--- a/tools/package/bin/onos-restore
+++ b/tools/package/bin/onos-restore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ONOS_HOME=${ONOS_HOME:-$(cd $(dirname $0)/.. >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)}
 ONOS_DEFAULT_ARCHIVE=$(dirname $ONOS_HOME)/onos-data.tar.gz
-ONOS_KARAF=$ONOS_HOME/apache-karaf-4.2.8
+ONOS_KARAF=$ONOS_HOME/apache-karaf-4.2.9
 
 # Fetch the name of the archive or use a default if none is specified
 archive=${1:-$ONOS_DEFAULT_ARCHIVE}
diff --git a/tools/package/deb/prerm b/tools/package/deb/prerm
index 7c7106e..c688faa 100755
--- a/tools/package/deb/prerm
+++ b/tools/package/deb/prerm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # Clean up onos runtime directories
 #      TODO don't hardcode karaf version
-rm -rf /opt/onos/apache-karaf-4.2.8/
+rm -rf /opt/onos/apache-karaf-4.2.9/
 rm -rf /opt/onos/var/*
 rm -rf /opt/onos/config
 rm -rf /opt/onos/options
diff --git a/tools/package/dependencies/template.pom b/tools/package/dependencies/template.pom
index 01fc9a5..ac1727d 100644
--- a/tools/package/dependencies/template.pom
+++ b/tools/package/dependencies/template.pom
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <karaf.version>4.2.8</karaf.version>
+        <karaf.version>4.2.9</karaf.version>
         <maven.version.min>3.3.9</maven.version.min>
         <java.version.min><!-- JAVA_VERSION --></java.version.min>
         <onos.version><!-- ONOS_VERSION --></onos.version>
diff --git a/tools/package/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg b/tools/package/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg
index fb91f56..863bdc5 100644
--- a/tools/package/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg
+++ b/tools/package/etc/org.apache.karaf.features.cfg
@@ -20,38 +20,38 @@
 #
 # Comma separated list of features repositories to register by default
 #
-featuresRepositories = \    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.2.8/xml/features, \
+featuresRepositories = \    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.2.9/xml/features, \
     mvn:org.onosproject/onos-features/$ONOS_VERSION/xml/features, \
-    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/enterprise/4.2.8/xml/features, \
-    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/spring/4.2.8/xml/features, \
-    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.2.8/xml/features, \
-    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/framework/4.2.8/xml/features
+    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/enterprise/4.2.9/xml/features, \
+    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/spring/4.2.9/xml/features, \
+    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.2.9/xml/features, \
+    mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/framework/4.2.9/xml/features
 
 #
 # Comma separated list of features to install at startup
 #
 featuresBoot = \
-    (instance/4.2.8, \
-    package/4.2.8, \
-    log/4.2.8, \
-    ssh/4.2.8, \
-    framework/4.2.8, \
-    system/4.2.8, \
-    eventadmin/4.2.8, \
-    feature/4.2.8, \
-    shell/4.2.8, \
-    management/4.2.8, \
-    service/4.2.8, \
-    jaas/4.2.8, \
-    deployer/4.2.8, \
-    diagnostic/4.2.8, \
+    (instance/4.2.9, \
+    package/4.2.9, \
+    log/4.2.9, \
+    ssh/4.2.9, \
+    framework/4.2.9, \
+    system/4.2.9, \
+    eventadmin/4.2.9, \
+    feature/4.2.9, \
+    shell/4.2.9, \
+    management/4.2.9, \
+    service/4.2.9, \
+    jaas/4.2.9, \
+    deployer/4.2.9, \
+    diagnostic/4.2.9, \
     wrap/2.6.2, \
-    bundle/4.2.8, \
-    config/4.2.8, \
-    kar/4.2.8, \
-    webconsole/4.2.8, \
-    scr/4.2.8, \
-    war/4.2.8), \
+    bundle/4.2.9, \
+    config/4.2.9, \
+    kar/4.2.9, \
+    webconsole/4.2.9, \
+    scr/4.2.9, \
+    war/4.2.9), \
     (onos-thirdparty-base/$ONOS_VERSION), \
     (onos-api/$ONOS_VERSION, \
     onos-core/$ONOS_VERSION, \
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
diff --git a/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf b/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
index 5660358..2653e20 100755
--- a/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
+++ b/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 LOG4J2_EXTRA=$6
 SANDBOX=${7:-.}
 
-KARAF_VERSION="4.2.8"
+KARAF_VERSION="4.2.9"
 ONOS_SECURITY_MODE="false"
 
 PREFIX="onos-$ONOS_VERSION"
diff --git a/tools/package/onos_stage.py b/tools/package/onos_stage.py
index e11a3fa..9dc1973 100755
--- a/tools/package/onos_stage.py
+++ b/tools/package/onos_stage.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 written_files = set()
 now = time.time()
-karaf_version = "4.2.8"
+karaf_version = "4.2.9"
 karaf_system = "apache-karaf-" + karaf_version + "/system/"
 
 def addFile(tar, dest, file, file_size):
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits
index 6ce3ec9..71f897e 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-check-bits
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   echo "ONOS archive does not contain the proper version file" && exit 1
 fi
 
-tar tzf ${ONOS_TAR} | grep -q apache-karaf-4.2.8
+tar tzf ${ONOS_TAR} | grep -q apache-karaf-4.2.9
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "ONOS archive does not contain karaf" && exit 1
 fi