diff --git a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
index 0cebab8c..6d479f45 100644
--- a/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Ballerina.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ artifactId = "mimepull"
 version = "1.9.11"
 
 [[platform.java17.dependency]]
-path = "./lib/jakarta.activation-2.0.1.jar"
-groupId = "com.sun.activation"
-artifactId = "jakarta.activation"
+path = "./lib/jakarta.activation-api-2.0.1.jar"
+groupId = "jakarta.activation"
+artifactId = "jakarta.activation-api"
 version = "2.0.1"
diff --git a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
index 388ce34b..66df39ea 100644
--- a/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
+++ b/ballerina/Dependencies.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [ballerina]
 dependencies-toml-version = "2"
-distribution-version = "2201.8.0-20230726-145300-b2bdf796"
+distribution-version = "2201.8.0-20230830-220400-8a7556d8"
 
 [[package]]
 org = "ballerina"
diff --git a/ballerina/build.gradle b/ballerina/build.gradle
index 11b1ca47..89506e99 100644
--- a/ballerina/build.gradle
+++ b/ballerina/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies {
     externalJars(group: 'org.jvnet.mimepull', name: 'mimepull', version: "${mimepullVersion}") {
         transitive = false
     }
-    externalJars(group: 'com.sun.activation', name: 'jakarta.activation', version: "${jakartaActivationVersion}") {
+    externalJars(group: 'jakarta.activation', name: 'jakarta.activation-api', version: "${jakartaActivationVersion}") {
         transitive = false
     }
 }
diff --git a/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml b/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml
index 9a3e6206..7c1b1d4a 100644
--- a/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml
+++ b/build-config/resources/Ballerina.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ artifactId = "mimepull"
 version = "@mimepull.version@"
 
 [[platform.java17.dependency]]
-path = "./lib/jakarta.activation-@jakarta.activation.version@.jar"
-groupId = "com.sun.activation"
-artifactId = "jakarta.activation"
+path = "./lib/jakarta.activation-api-@jakarta.activation.version@.jar"
+groupId = "jakarta.activation"
+artifactId = "jakarta.activation-api"
 version = "@jakarta.activation.version@"
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 3e58ced7..4a42b36b 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ This file contains all the notable changes done to the Ballerina MIME package th
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to 
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## Changed
+
+- [Change `com.sun.activation:jakarta.activation` to `jakarta.activation:jakarta.activation-api`](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-standard-library/issues/4789)
+
 ## [2.6.0] - 2022-02-20
 
 ## Fixed
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mime/nativeimpl/MimeDataSourceBuilder.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mime/nativeimpl/MimeDataSourceBuilder.java
index e36b8791..ffc91070 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mime/nativeimpl/MimeDataSourceBuilder.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/mime/nativeimpl/MimeDataSourceBuilder.java
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ protected static Object getAlreadyBuiltByteArray(BObject entityObj, Object messa
             String charsetValue = MimeUtil.getContentTypeParamValue(contentTypeValue, CHARSET);
             if (isNotNullAndEmpty(charsetValue)) {
                 return ValueCreator.createArrayValue(
-                        StringUtils.getStringValue(messageDataSource, null).getBytes(charsetValue));
+                        StringUtils.getStringValue(messageDataSource).getBytes(charsetValue));
             }
             return ValueCreator.createArrayValue(
-                    StringUtils.getStringValue(messageDataSource, null).getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset()));
+                    StringUtils.getStringValue(messageDataSource).getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset()));
         }
         return ValueCreator.createArrayValue(new byte[0]);
     }
diff --git a/test-utils/build.gradle b/test-utils/build.gradle
index 06e398d0..58f0a9fa 100644
--- a/test-utils/build.gradle
+++ b/test-utils/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'io.ballerina.stdlib', name: 'io-native', version: "${stdlibIoVersion}"
 
     implementation group: 'org.jvnet.mimepull', name: 'mimepull', version: "${mimepullVersion}"
-    implementation group: 'com.sun.activation', name: 'jakarta.activation', version: "${jakartaActivationVersion}"
+    implementation group: 'jakarta.activation', name: 'jakarta.activation-api', version: "${jakartaActivationVersion}"
     implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-jdk14', version: "${slf4jVersion}"
 }