diff --git a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
index c58780d9f8..a1238aaaa5 100644
--- a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <pax-logging.version>2.2.13</pax-logging.version>
         <pax-tinybundles.version>2.1.1</pax-tinybundles.version>
         <pax-url.version>2.7.1</pax-url.version>
-        <xbean.version>4.30</xbean.version>
+        <xbean.version>4.31</xbean.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml b/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml
index c8553cf4bb..60cbe4d89a 100644
--- a/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/jndi/jndi-url-itest/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <pax-url.version>2.7.1</pax-url.version>
         <pax-web.version>8.0.33</pax-web.version>
         <services.version>3.2.100.v20100503</services.version>
-        <xbean.version>4.30</xbean.version>
+        <xbean.version>4.31</xbean.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/blog/blog-itests/pom.xml b/samples/blog/blog-itests/pom.xml
index 6b6d2ca40c..6794cb8a90 100644
--- a/samples/blog/blog-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/blog/blog-itests/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <pax-tinybundles.version>2.0.0</pax-tinybundles.version>
         <pax-url.version>2.7.1</pax-url.version>
         <pax-web.version>4.4.2</pax-web.version>
-        <xbean.version>4.30</xbean.version>
+        <xbean.version>4.31</xbean.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>