diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 2857299..0641855 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/cli/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.karaf.shell</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.shell.console</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.5</version>
+            <version>3.0.8</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 76081bd..785f043 100644
--- a/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/archetypes/rest/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.karaf.shell</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.shell.console</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.5</version>
+            <version>3.0.8</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/tools/package/deb/prerm b/tools/package/deb/prerm
index 269ad3d..264a26c 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-3.0.5/
+rm -rf /opt/onos/apache-karaf-3.0.8/
 rm -rf /opt/onos/var/*
 rm -rf /opt/onos/config
 rm -rf /opt/onos/options
diff --git a/tools/package/karaf-assembly/pom.xml b/tools/package/karaf-assembly/pom.xml
index b79d268..876d09e 100644
--- a/tools/package/karaf-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/package/karaf-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
                 <artifactId>karaf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.5</version>
+                <version>3.0.8</version>
 
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf b/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
index 6d33273..8e83fdf 100755
--- a/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
+++ b/tools/package/onos-prep-karaf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ONOS_VERSION=$3
 BRANDING=$4
 #FIXME karaf version
-KARAF_VERSION="3.0.5"
+KARAF_VERSION="3.0.8"
 
 PREFIX="onos-$ONOS_VERSION"