diff --git a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml
index 90425ab256..8b6f330c6a 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2010, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2010, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -225,24 +225,17 @@
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>testsSkipJdk11</id>
+            <id>testsJdk11</id>
             <activation>
                 <jdk>[11,)</jdk>
             </activation>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!-- Exclude unit tests on jdk 11 for now -->
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**/WebAppFelixTest.java</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
+                    <version>${jakarta.activation.version}</version>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
         </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java
index 597f4f81e3..d682b2e87e 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java
+++ b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
+import org.glassfish.jersey.internal.util.JdkVersion;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.internal.util.PropertiesHelper;
 
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Configuration;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.options;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemPackage;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemProperty;
+import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.vmOption;
 
 /**
  * @author Jakub Podlesak
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
 
                 // uncomment for verbose class loading info
                 // vmOption("-verbose:class"),
+                getAddOpensForFelixFrameWorkSecurity(),
 
                 // bootDelegationPackage("org.glassfish.jersey.client.*"),
 
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("jakarta.xml.bind").artifactId("jakarta.xml.bind-api").versionAsInProject(),
                 //SUN JAXB IMPL OSGI
                 mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-osgi").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject(),
+                getActivationBundle(),
                 systemPackage("com.sun.source.tree"),
                 systemPackage("com.sun.source.util"),
 
@@ -190,6 +194,18 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
         return options;
     }
 
+    private static Option getActivationBundle() {
+        return JdkVersion.getJdkVersion().getMajor() > 8
+                ? mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.activation").artifactId("jakarta.activation").versionAsInProject()
+                : null;
+    }
+
+    private static Option getAddOpensForFelixFrameWorkSecurity() {
+        return JdkVersion.getJdkVersion().getMajor() > 8
+                ? vmOption("--add-opens=java.base/jdk.internal.loader=ALL-UNNAMED")
+                : null;
+    }
+
     public List<Option> jettyOptions() {
         return Arrays.asList(options(
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.ops4j.pax.web").artifactId("pax-web-jetty-bundle").versionAsInProject(),
diff --git a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/war-bundle/pom.xml b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/war-bundle/pom.xml
index e513d06377..6946ce8bf4 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/war-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/war-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2010, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2010, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.eventadmin</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-http-service/bundle/pom.xml b/examples/osgi-http-service/bundle/pom.xml
index b851f022fc..45762d1d92 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-http-service/bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/osgi-http-service/bundle/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2010, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2010, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.eventadmin</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml
index 07dc09848c..89916584e4 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2010, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2010, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -202,25 +202,17 @@
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>testsSkipJdk11</id>
+            <id>testsJdk11</id>
             <activation>
                 <jdk>[11,)</jdk>
             </activation>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!-- Exclude unit tests on jdk 11 for now -->
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**/GrizzlyHttpServiceFelixTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>**/JettyHttpServiceFelixTest.java</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
+                    <version>${jakarta.activation.version}</version>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
         </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java
index ebb3f907fe..db56a1145f 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java
+++ b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
+import org.glassfish.jersey.internal.util.JdkVersion;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.internal.util.PropertiesHelper;
 
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Configuration;
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("jakarta.xml.bind").artifactId("jakarta.xml.bind-api").versionAsInProject(),
                 //SUN JAXB IMPL OSGI
                 mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-osgi").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject(),
+                getActivationBundle(),
                 systemPackage("com.sun.source.tree"),
                 systemPackage("com.sun.source.util"),
 
@@ -249,4 +251,10 @@ private Dictionary getHandlerServiceProperties(String... topics) {
         result.put(EventConstants.EVENT_TOPIC, topics);
         return result;
     }
+
+    private static Option getActivationBundle() {
+        return JdkVersion.getJdkVersion().getMajor() > 8
+                ? mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.activation").artifactId("jakarta.activation").versionAsInProject()
+                : null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 403dcdbd57..c61699a992 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1914,13 +1914,6 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
-                <artifactId>pax-exam-container-native</artifactId>
-                <version>${pax.exam.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pax-exam-junit-extender-impl</artifactId>
@@ -1997,22 +1990,21 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework</artifactId>
-                <!--5.2.0+ does not work with moxy osgi functional tests-->
-                <version>5.0.1</version>
+                <version>6.0.3</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.apache.felix.eventadmin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.2</version>
+                <version>1.5.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework.security</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.0</version>
+                <version>2.6.1</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -2141,7 +2133,7 @@
         <opentracing.version>0.30.0</opentracing.version>
         <osgi.version>6.0.0</osgi.version>
         <osgi.compendium.version>5.0.0</osgi.compendium.version>
-        <pax.exam.version>4.9.1</pax.exam.version>
+        <pax.exam.version>4.13.1</pax.exam.version>
         <pax.web.version>0.7.4</pax.web.version><!-- TODO: UPGRADE! -->
         <paxexam.mvn.plugin.version>1.2.4</paxexam.mvn.plugin.version>
         <rxjava.version>1.2.5</rxjava.version>
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml b/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml
index 03f1c92cac..4d7d517117 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2010, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2010, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.url</groupId>
             <artifactId>pax-url-aether</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>2.6.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
             <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>pax-logging-api</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>1.8.3</version>
+            <version>1.11.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -394,55 +394,17 @@
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>testsSkipJdk11</id>
+            <id>jdk11dependency</id>
             <activation>
                 <jdk>[11,)</jdk>
             </activation>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!-- Exclude unit tests on jdk 11 for now -->
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/ApacheOsgiIntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/BasicOsgiIntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/BeanValidationTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JaxRsRiBundleTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonJackson1Test.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonJacksonTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonJettisonTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonMoxyTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonProcessingTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/MultiPartTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/PackageScanningTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/ResourceBundleTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/SseTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/WebResourceFactoryTest.java</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>testsSkipJdk6</id>
-            <activation>
-                <jdk>1.6</jdk>
-            </activation>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**/PackageScanningTest.java</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
+                    <version>${jakarta.activation.version}</version>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
         </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>sonar</id>
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java
index 9108cd6807..70bb3f7de9 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.glassfish.jersey.internal.util.JdkVersion;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.internal.util.PropertiesHelper;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.test.TestProperties;
 
@@ -170,13 +171,19 @@ public static List<Option> getCommonOsgiOptions(final boolean includeJerseyJaxRs
                     // Jersey Injection provider
                     mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject(),
 //                     Jaxb - api
-                    mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.activation").artifactId("jakarta.activation").versionAsInProject()
+                    getActivationBundle()
             ));
         }
 
         return addPaxExamMavenLocalRepositoryProperty(options);
     }
 
+    private static Option getActivationBundle() {
+        return JdkVersion.getJdkVersion().getMajor() > 8
+                ? mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.activation").artifactId("jakarta.activation").versionAsInProject()
+                : null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create expanded options list from the supplied options.
      *