diff --git a/async/async-api/pom.xml b/async/async-api/pom.xml
index 1d1912142f..a38928c72e 100644
--- a/async/async-api/pom.xml
+++ b/async/async-api/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <lastReleaseVersion>1.0.1</lastReleaseVersion>
 
         <org.apache.aries.async.promise.api.version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</org.apache.aries.async.promise.api.version>
-        <osgi.annotation.version>6.0.1</osgi.annotation.version>
+        <osgi.annotation.version>8.1.0</osgi.annotation.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/async/async-impl/pom.xml b/async/async-impl/pom.xml
index 5b7871cbc9..154fd4accc 100644
--- a/async/async-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/async/async-impl/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <org.apache.aries.async.promise.api.version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</org.apache.aries.async.promise.api.version>
         <org.osgi.service.log.version>1.5.0</org.osgi.service.log.version>
         <org.osgi.util.tracker.version>1.5.4</org.osgi.util.tracker.version>
-        <osgi.annotation.version>6.0.1</osgi.annotation.version>
+        <osgi.annotation.version>8.1.0</osgi.annotation.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/async/promise-api/pom.xml b/async/promise-api/pom.xml
index 40b3cd88f4..8af16bf28f 100644
--- a/async/promise-api/pom.xml
+++ b/async/promise-api/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         </aries.osgi.import.pkg>
         <lastReleaseVersion>1.0.1</lastReleaseVersion>
 
-        <osgi.annotation.version>6.0.1</osgi.annotation.version>
+        <osgi.annotation.version>8.1.0</osgi.annotation.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin-annotation/pom.xml b/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin-annotation/pom.xml
index d3c5560be1..7b86656530 100644
--- a/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin-annotation/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin-annotation/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <bnd-maven-plugin.version>6.4.0</bnd-maven-plugin.version>
-        <osgi.annotation.version>7.0.0</osgi.annotation.version>
+        <osgi.annotation.version>8.1.0</osgi.annotation.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pushstream/pom.xml b/pushstream/pom.xml
index 7722e1b2e2..af580fa7b8 100644
--- a/pushstream/pom.xml
+++ b/pushstream/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <mockito-core.version>4.11.0</mockito-core.version>
         <org.apache.aries.async.promise.api.version>1.0.1</org.apache.aries.async.promise.api.version>
-        <osgi.annotation.version>6.0.1</osgi.annotation.version>
+        <osgi.annotation.version>8.1.0</osgi.annotation.version>
         <slf4j-api.version>1.7.0</slf4j-api.version>
     </properties>