diff --git a/distributions/openhab/pom.xml b/distributions/openhab/pom.xml
index 4c648b6ded..af5640c329 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab/pom.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
                     <startupFeatures>
                         <feature>eventadmin</feature>
                     </startupFeatures>
-                    <featuresProcessing>${basedir}/processing.xml</featuresProcessing>
                     <bootFeatures>
                         <feature>jaas</feature>
                         <feature>shell</feature>
diff --git a/distributions/openhab/processing.xml b/distributions/openhab/processing.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 820bed0c23..0000000000
--- a/distributions/openhab/processing.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<featuresProcessing xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features-processing/v1.0.0">
-
-    <bundleReplacements>
-        <bundle originalUri="mvn:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-api/[0,2.0.13)" replacement="mvn:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-api/2.0.13" mode="maven" />
-        <bundle originalUri="mvn:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-log4j2/[0,2.0.13)" replacement="mvn:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-log4j2/2.0.13" mode="maven" />
-        <bundle originalUri="mvn:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-logback/[0,2.0.13)" replacement="mvn:org.ops4j.pax.logging/pax-logging-logback/2.0.13" mode="maven" />
-    </bundleReplacements>
-
-</featuresProcessing>
diff --git a/distributions/openhab/src/main/descriptors/archive.xml b/distributions/openhab/src/main/descriptors/archive.xml
index a92221f1bd..5abe575253 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab/src/main/descriptors/archive.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab/src/main/descriptors/archive.xml
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@
                 <include>system/**</include>
                 <include>bin/*.lst</include>
             </includes>
-            <excludes>
-                <exclude>system/org/ops4j/pax/logging/*/2.0.12/**</exclude>
-            </excludes>
             <!-- specifically fixes https://github.com/openhab/openhab-distro/issues/503 -->
             <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
         </fileSet>
diff --git a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf
index 78c9075d80..fc32e5a535 100755
--- a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf
+++ b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ run() {
                 ${KARAF_EXEC} "${JAVA}" ${JAVA_OPTS} \
                     --add-reads=java.xml=java.logging \
                     --add-exports=java.base/org.apache.karaf.specs.locator=java.xml,ALL-UNNAMED \
-                    --patch-module "java.base=${KARAF_HOME}/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.locator-4.3.4.jar" \
-                    --patch-module "java.xml=${KARAF_HOME}/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml-4.3.4.jar" \
+                    --patch-module "java.base=${KARAF_HOME}/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.locator-4.3.6.jar" \
+                    --patch-module "java.xml=${KARAF_HOME}/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml-4.3.6.jar" \
                     --add-opens java.base/java.security=ALL-UNNAMED \
                     --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED \
                     --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED \
diff --git a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf.bat b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf.bat
index 8c2aec9d34..c438f21469 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf.bat
+++ b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/bin/karaf.bat
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ if "%KARAF_PROFILER%" == "" goto :RUN
             "%JAVA%" %JAVA_OPTS% %OPTS% ^
                 --add-reads=java.xml=java.logging ^
                 --add-exports=java.base/org.apache.karaf.specs.locator=java.xml,ALL-UNNAMED ^
-                --patch-module "java.base=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.locator-4.3.4.jar" ^
-                --patch-module "java.xml=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml-4.3.4.jar" ^
+                --patch-module "java.base=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.locator-4.3.6.jar" ^
+                --patch-module "java.xml=%KARAF_HOME%/lib/endorsed/org.apache.karaf.specs.java.xml-4.3.6.jar" ^
                 --add-opens java.base/java.security=ALL-UNNAMED ^
                 --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED ^
                 --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED ^
diff --git a/launch/app/.classpath b/launch/app/.classpath
index 234db15be4..4559ca0b25 100644
--- a/launch/app/.classpath
+++ b/launch/app/.classpath
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
diff --git a/launch/app/app.bndrun b/launch/app/app.bndrun
index dcbfe241d0..5ba37c00c3 100644
--- a/launch/app/app.bndrun
+++ b/launch/app/app.bndrun
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ feature.openhab-model-runtime-all: \
 # done
 #
 -runbundles: \
-	org.ops4j.pax.logging.pax-logging-api;version='[2.0.12,2.0.13)',\
-	org.ops4j.pax.logging.pax-logging-log4j2;version='[2.0.12,2.0.13)',\
+	org.ops4j.pax.logging.pax-logging-api;version='[2.0.14,2.0.15)',\
+	org.ops4j.pax.logging.pax-logging-log4j2;version='[2.0.14,2.0.15)',\
 	com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-annotations;version='[2.12.5,2.12.6)',\
 	com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core;version='[2.12.5,2.12.6)',\
 	com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind;version='[2.12.5,2.12.6)',\
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ feature.openhab-model-runtime-all: \
 	org.apache.servicemix.specs.jaxb-api-2.3;version='[2.3.0,2.3.1)',\
 	org.apache.servicemix.specs.stax-api-1.0;version='[2.9.0,2.9.1)',\
 	org.apache.ws.xmlschema.core;version='[2.2.5,2.2.6)',\
-	org.apache.xbean.bundleutils;version='[4.19.0,4.19.1)',\
-	org.apache.xbean.finder;version='[4.19.0,4.19.1)',\
+	org.apache.xbean.bundleutils;version='[4.20.0,4.20.1)',\
+	org.apache.xbean.finder;version='[4.20.0,4.20.1)',\
 	org.bitbucket.b_c.jose4j;version='[0.7.7,0.7.8)',\
 	org.eclipse.emf.common;version='[2.17.0,2.17.1)',\
 	org.eclipse.emf.ecore;version='[2.20.0,2.20.1)',\
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d22b2c0a8..21996e57d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <ohc.version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</ohc.version>
         <oha.version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</oha.version>
 
-        <karaf.version>4.3.4</karaf.version>
+        <karaf.version>4.3.6</karaf.version>
 
         <oh.java.version>11</oh.java.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>${oh.java.version}</maven.compiler.source>