diff --git a/tools/build/build-offline-karaf b/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
index ea0f7ed..76b0fd1 100755
--- a/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
+++ b/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-KARAF_VERSION="3.0.5"
+KARAF_VERSION="3.0.8"
 KARAF_TARFILE_NAME="apache-karaf-${KARAF_VERSION}.tar"
 BOOT_FEATURES="standard,ssh,scr,war,webconsole"
 
diff --git a/tools/build/envDefaults b/tools/build/envDefaults
index 8a5913f..a4a8a0f 100644
--- a/tools/build/envDefaults
+++ b/tools/build/envDefaults
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # M2 repository and Karaf gold bits
 export M2_REPO=${M2_REPO:-~/.m2/repository}
-export KARAF_VERSION=${KARAF_VERSION:-3.0.5}
+export KARAF_VERSION=${KARAF_VERSION:-3.0.8}
 export KARAF_ZIP=${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)