diff --git a/features/pom.xml b/features/pom.xml
index ddc386fa4..bd4113314 100644
--- a/features/pom.xml
+++ b/features/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!--
   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
   or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <topDirectoryLocation>../..</topDirectoryLocation>
-        <karaf.version>4.4.6</karaf.version>
+        <karaf.version>4.4.8</karaf.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>