diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a6b2598f71..19524dd45bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     <!-- Note: the parserVersion value is set by build-helper-maven-plugin -->
     <osgi.bundle.version>${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.incrementalVersion}</osgi.bundle.version>
     <bnd.version>7.2.3</bnd.version>
-    <osgi.core.version>7.0.0</osgi.core.version>
+    <osgi.core.version>8.0.0</osgi.core.version>
     <osgi.compendium.version>7.0.0</osgi.compendium.version>
     <osgi.annotation.version>8.1.0</osgi.annotation.version>