diff --git a/core/store/dist/pom.xml b/core/store/dist/pom.xml
index 1faab74..7782362 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/dist/pom.xml
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>de.javakaffee</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kryo-serializers</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core/store/hz/cluster/pom.xml b/core/store/hz/cluster/pom.xml
index 95307f1..d183aed 100644
--- a/core/store/hz/cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/hz/cluster/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
           <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
           <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>de.javakaffee</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kryo-serializers</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core/store/hz/common/pom.xml b/core/store/hz/common/pom.xml
index 06aa0b7..77942f3 100644
--- a/core/store/hz/common/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/hz/common/pom.xml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
           <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
           <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>de.javakaffee</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kryo-serializers</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core/store/hz/net/pom.xml b/core/store/hz/net/pom.xml
index e3bc0e2..76300ae 100644
--- a/core/store/hz/net/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/hz/net/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
           <groupId>com.hazelcast</groupId>
           <artifactId>hazelcast</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>de.javakaffee</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kryo-serializers</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core/store/serializers/pom.xml b/core/store/serializers/pom.xml
index f222a23..a1af5c2 100644
--- a/core/store/serializers/pom.xml
+++ b/core/store/serializers/pom.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>de.javakaffee</groupId>
-          <artifactId>kryo-serializers</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/serializers/KryoPoolUtil.java b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/serializers/KryoPoolUtil.java
index f079874..103e670 100644
--- a/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/serializers/KryoPoolUtil.java
+++ b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/serializers/KryoPoolUtil.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
 import org.onlab.util.KryoPool;
 
-import de.javakaffee.kryoserializers.URISerializer;
-
 public final class KryoPoolUtil {
 
     /**
diff --git a/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/serializers/URISerializer.java b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/serializers/URISerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c2d61e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/serializers/URISerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.onlab.onos.store.serializers;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Input;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Output;
+
+/**
+ * Serializer for {@link URI}.
+ */
+public class URISerializer extends Serializer<URI> {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates {@link URI} serializer instance.
+     */
+    public URISerializer() {
+        super(false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(Kryo kryo, Output output, URI object) {
+        output.writeString(object.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public URI read(Kryo kryo, Input input, Class<URI> type) {
+        return URI.create(input.readString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/features/features.xml b/features/features.xml
index b240917..c9e6bdd 100644
--- a/features/features.xml
+++ b/features/features.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
         <bundle>mvn:io.dropwizard.metrics/metrics-core/3.1.0</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:com.eclipsesource.minimal-json/minimal-json/0.9.1</bundle>
 
-        <bundle>mvn:com.esotericsoftware.kryo/kryo/2.24.0</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:com.esotericsoftware/kryo/3.0.0</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:com.esotericsoftware/reflectasm/1.10.0</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.ow2.asm/asm/4.2</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:com.esotericsoftware/minlog/1.3.0</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:org.objenesis/objenesis/2.1</bundle>
-        <bundle>mvn:de.javakaffee/kryo-serializers/0.27</bundle>
 
         <bundle>mvn:org.onlab.onos/onlab-nio/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf5e1f0..f537f55 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -193,9 +193,20 @@
                 <version>0.9.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-              <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
-              <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-              <version>2.24.0</version>
+                <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
+                <artifactId>reflectasm</artifactId>
+                <version>1.10.0</version>
+                <type>bundle</type>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                <version>4.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
@@ -207,11 +218,6 @@
                 <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
                 <version>2.1</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>de.javakaffee</groupId>
-              <artifactId>kryo-serializers</artifactId>
-              <version>0.27</version>
-            </dependency>
 
             <!-- ONOS related -->
             <dependency>
diff --git a/utils/misc/pom.xml b/utils/misc/pom.xml
index bd3cc08..5040fb0 100644
--- a/utils/misc/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/misc/pom.xml
@@ -44,18 +44,10 @@
             <artifactId>minimal-json</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-          <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
+          <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
           <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
-            <artifactId>minlog</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
-            <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
             <version>3.1.0</version>
diff --git a/utils/netty/pom.xml b/utils/netty/pom.xml
index a980d1d..effbc3b 100644
--- a/utils/netty/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/netty/pom.xml
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>de.javakaffee</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kryo-serializers</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
         </dependency>