diff --git a/tools/build/bazel/generate_workspace.bzl b/tools/build/bazel/generate_workspace.bzl
index 8a61e89..ae3a3f3 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 Fri, 7 Feb 2020 17:51:36 GMT. Do not edit this file manually. *****
+# ***** This file was auto-generated at Fri, 7 Feb 2020 17:55:38 GMT. Do not edit this file manually. *****
 # ***** Use onos-lib-gen *****
 
 load("//tools/build/bazel:variables.bzl", "ONOS_GROUP_ID", "ONOS_VERSION")
@@ -871,21 +871,21 @@
     if "org_apache_karaf_features_core" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_features_core",
-            jar_sha256 = "b4dfeced968b2ae1647a403bfbc2c2a1eb26eeff55d1a5003edfa2b9209ea9c5",
+            jar_sha256 = "8f0556b7eba43e6de4313a600a179b6d81d42f70dfb4cc187213bf02a1a2589b",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/features/org.apache.karaf.features.core/4.2.6/org.apache.karaf.features.core-4.2.6.jar"],        )
+            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"],        )
     if "org_apache_karaf_shell_console" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_shell_console",
-            jar_sha256 = "02762fb7d2d37e475644398bbc617e36c8feacbde0ede68e91e2f7f6df49f07e",
+            jar_sha256 = "c11d754be2b67255568b62414e35fedd2a15ba2ee50cd749804521cdd0e771e5",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/shell/org.apache.karaf.shell.console/4.2.6/org.apache.karaf.shell.console-4.2.6.jar"],        )
+            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"],        )
     if "org_apache_karaf_shell_core" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_shell_core",
-            jar_sha256 = "9d240a6b1dad60bd43de72e570114583affde8ac3494dcf1e9f61f66cb9d7485",
+            jar_sha256 = "f0232a99f22390a8dd95fa6c346d7c1cb9b7d765ade0e491b8a2864cafb29e19",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/shell/org.apache.karaf.shell.core/4.2.6/org.apache.karaf.shell.core-4.2.6.jar"],        )
+            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"],        )
     if "org_apache_httpcomponents_httpasyncclient_osgi" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_httpcomponents_httpasyncclient_osgi",
@@ -901,15 +901,15 @@
     if "org_apache_karaf_jaas" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_jaas",
-            jar_sha256 = "7ec4acde3c88d9810f0554401a9f1552dc8c3cf38ed14a2b18e4668558586038",
+            jar_sha256 = "8c9ef8d7a73c7082208e283e8ec5f523aaf5fd335751d3158dae1d360d635930",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/jaas/org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules/4.2.6/org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules-4.2.6.jar"],        )
+            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"],        )
     if "org_apache_karaf_system_core" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_karaf_system_core",
-            jar_sha256 = "628a94a733548de70532d39177838bf4b246ee04a3b13d4a4b8f6633e2a5d8e5",
+            jar_sha256 = "042e3334dc85f141c592a23ee1822b9473bb0b1640ae69e4fcdd6a42aa810a3e",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/karaf/system/org.apache.karaf.system.core/4.2.6/org.apache.karaf.system.core-4.2.6.jar"],        )
+            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"],        )
     if "org_apache_servicemix_bundles_snmp4j" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "org_apache_servicemix_bundles_snmp4j",
@@ -1003,9 +1003,9 @@
     if "apache_karaf" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "apache_karaf",
-            jar_sha256 = "dfc820eb9c543d8d578f97a3f79bf02d7b8e391677c430059c3e3b59a7145fe1",
+            jar_sha256 = "9e90c037a16d1736e0c49052758a1a2a1b862b4627362c2f3a6df0335554aefd",
             licenses = ["notice"],
-            jar_urls = ["https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.6-offline-20190628/apache-karaf-4.2.6-offline-20190628.tar.gz"],        )
+            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"],        )
     if "bndlib" not in native.existing_rules():
         java_import_external(
             name = "bndlib",
@@ -1461,13 +1461,13 @@
 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:4.2.6"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_shell_console//:org_apache_karaf_shell_console"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.console:jar:4.2.6"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_shell_core//:org_apache_karaf_shell_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.core:jar:4.2.6"
+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_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:4.2.6"
-artifact_map["@org_apache_karaf_system_core//:org_apache_karaf_system_core"] = "mvn:org.apache.karaf.system:org.apache.karaf.system.core:jar:4.2.6"
+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_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 +1483,7 @@
 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://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/onosproject/apache-karaf-offline/4.2.6-offline-20190628/apache-karaf-4.2.6-offline-20190628.tar.gz"
+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["@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 43610f5..90366aa 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/4.2.6/xml/features</repository>
+    <repository>mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/standard/4.2.8/xml/features</repository>
 ''' % ONOS_VERSION
 
 FEATURES_FOOTER = "</features>"
diff --git a/tools/build/build-offline-karaf b/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
index cdd245c..554f532 100755
--- a/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
+++ b/tools/build/build-offline-karaf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION="4.2.6"
-KARAF_BASE_PACKAGE_VERSION="4.2.6"
+KARAF_RELEASE_VERSION="4.2.8"
+KARAF_BASE_PACKAGE_VERSION="4.2.8"
 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 3bb6a56..889a6dc 100644
--- a/tools/build/envDefaults
+++ b/tools/build/envDefaults
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # M2 repository and Karaf gold bits
 export M2_REPO=${M2_REPO:-~/.m2/repository}
-export KARAF_VERSION=4.2.6
+export KARAF_VERSION=4.2.8
 export KARAF_ZIP=${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)