diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f30741de..6d8f1eed0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1393,6 +1393,10 @@
                 <artifactId>org.apache.felix.scr.ds-annotations</artifactId>
                 <version>${apache.felix.scr.ds.annotations.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+                <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -1594,7 +1598,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Carbon platform version comes here-->
 
-        <carbon.kernel.version>4.5.3</carbon.kernel.version>
+        <carbon.kernel.version>4.9.23</carbon.kernel.version>
         <carbon.kernel.feature.version>${carbon.kernel.version}</carbon.kernel.feature.version>
         <carbon.kernel.package.import.version.range>[4.5.0, 5.0.0)</carbon.kernel.package.import.version.range>