diff --git a/bundles/jaxrs-ri/pom.xml b/bundles/jaxrs-ri/pom.xml
index c78f2a78ecd..7fe3a16914d 100644
--- a/bundles/jaxrs-ri/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/jaxrs-ri/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/pom.xml b/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/pom.xml
index 4c14f2ed268..abf68cd0a36 100644
--- a/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@
             <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/extendedwadl/ExtendedWadlWebappOsgiTest.java b/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/extendedwadl/ExtendedWadlWebappOsgiTest.java
index 2853bf81822..7c58b8538fd 100644
--- a/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/extendedwadl/ExtendedWadlWebappOsgiTest.java
+++ b/examples/extended-wadl-webapp/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/extendedwadl/ExtendedWadlWebappOsgiTest.java
@@ -112,19 +112,6 @@ public static Option[] configuration() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.hk2.external").artifactId("aopalliance-repackaged").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.javassist").artifactId("javassist").versionAsInProject(),
 
-                // JAX-RS API
-                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.ws.rs").artifactId("javax.ws.rs-api").versionAsInProject(),
-
-                // Jersey bundles
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-common").versionAsInProject(),
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.media").artifactId("jersey-media-jaxb").versionAsInProject(),
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-server").versionAsInProject(),
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-client").versionAsInProject(),
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject(),
-
-                // jettison
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.codehaus.jettison").artifactId("jettison").versionAsInProject(),
-
                 // validation
                 mavenBundle().groupId("javax.validation").artifactId("validation-api").versionAsInProject(),
 
@@ -138,10 +125,32 @@ public static Option[] configuration() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.containers").artifactId("jersey-container-grizzly2-http")
                         .versionAsInProject(),
 
+                //JAXB-API
+                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-api").versionAsInProject(),
+                //SUN JAXB IMPL OSGI
+                mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-osgi").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject(),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.tree"),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.util"),
+
+
                 // tinybundles + required dependencies
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.ops4j.pax.tinybundles").artifactId("tinybundles").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle().groupId("biz.aQute.bnd").artifactId("bndlib").versionAsInProject(),
 
+                // JAX-RS API
+                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.ws.rs").artifactId("javax.ws.rs-api").versionAsInProject(),
+
+                // Jersey bundles
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-common").versionAsInProject(),
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.media").artifactId("jersey-media-jaxb").versionAsInProject(),
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-server").versionAsInProject(),
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-client").versionAsInProject(),
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject(),
+
+                // jettison
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.codehaus.jettison").artifactId("jettison").versionAsInProject(),
+
+
                 // create ad-hoc bundle
                 provision(
                         bundle()
diff --git a/examples/json-with-padding/pom.xml b/examples/json-with-padding/pom.xml
index dc814a3a646..28ef7fc8680 100644
--- a/examples/json-with-padding/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/json-with-padding/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml
index de4aeafc92e..005897b14f2 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/pom.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework.security</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
          </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
          <!-- uncomment the following dependency to get ability
               to run felix console in the test -->
          <!--dependency>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java
index 86bd28a2886..1307e87cf26 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java
+++ b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/helloworld/test/AbstractWebAppTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.junitBundles;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.mavenBundle;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.options;
+import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemPackage;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemProperty;
 
 /**
@@ -142,8 +143,13 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.hk2.external").artifactId("javax.inject").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.hk2.external").artifactId("aopalliance-repackaged").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.javassist").artifactId("javassist").versionAsInProject(),
-                // JAX-RS API
-                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.ws.rs").artifactId("javax.ws.rs-api").versionAsInProject(),
+                //JAXB-API
+                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-api").versionAsInProject(),
+                //SUN JAXB IMPL OSGI
+                mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-osgi").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject(),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.tree"),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.util"),
+
                 // validation - required by jersey-container-servlet-core
                 mavenBundle().groupId("javax.validation").artifactId("validation-api").versionAsInProject(),
                 // Jersey bundles
@@ -153,6 +159,10 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.containers").artifactId("jersey-container-servlet-core")
                         .versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject(),
+
+                // JAX-RS API
+                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.ws.rs").artifactId("javax.ws.rs-api").versionAsInProject(),
+
                 // Those two bundles have different (unique) maven coordinates, but represent the same OSGi bundle in two
                 // different versions.
                 // (see the maven bundle plugin configuration in each of the two pom.xml files
diff --git a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml
index 7d147fce5c7..2f044510bf3 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java
index 8ec41093320..e6a823f9149 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java
+++ b/examples/osgi-http-service/functional-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/examples/osgihttpservice/test/AbstractHttpServiceTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.junitBundles;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.mavenBundle;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.options;
+import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemPackage;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemProperty;
 
 /**
@@ -106,8 +107,12 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.hk2.external").artifactId("aopalliance-repackaged").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.javassist").artifactId("javassist").versionAsInProject(),
 
-                // JAX-RS API
-                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.ws.rs").artifactId("javax.ws.rs-api").versionAsInProject(),
+                //JAXB-API
+                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-api").versionAsInProject(),
+                //SUN JAXB IMPL OSGI
+                mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-osgi").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject(),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.tree"),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.util"),
 
                 // validation
                 mavenBundle().groupId("javax.validation").artifactId("validation-api").versionAsInProject(),
@@ -118,7 +123,11 @@ public List<Option> genericOsgiOptions() {
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-client").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.containers").artifactId("jersey-container-servlet-core")
                 .versionAsInProject(),
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject()
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject(),
+
+                // JAX-RS API
+                mavenBundle().groupId("javax.ws.rs").artifactId("javax.ws.rs-api").versionAsInProject()
+
                 ));
 
         final String localRepository = AccessController.doPrivileged(PropertiesHelper.getSystemProperty("localRepository"));
diff --git a/media/jaxb/pom.xml b/media/jaxb/pom.xml
index e5c309c3763..47a181318ea 100644
--- a/media/jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/media/jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.hk2.external</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index edcd35de0d2..7e3a16eabb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                     <extensions>true</extensions>
                     <configuration>
                         <instructions>
@@ -1536,7 +1536,6 @@
                 <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${jaxb.api.version}</version>
-                <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -1544,6 +1543,11 @@
                 <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
                 <version>${jaxb.ri.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+                <version>${jaxb.ri.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
@@ -1966,8 +1970,8 @@
         <javax.interceptor.version>1.2.2</javax.interceptor.version>
         <javax.persistence.version>1.0.2</javax.persistence.version>
         <javax.validation.api.version>2.0.1.Final</javax.validation.api.version>
-        <jaxb.api.version>2.2.7</jaxb.api.version>
-        <jaxb.ri.version>2.2.7</jaxb.ri.version>
+        <jaxb.api.version>2.3.1</jaxb.api.version>
+        <jaxb.ri.version>2.3.1</jaxb.ri.version>
         <jsonb.api.version>1.0</jsonb.api.version>
         <jaxrs.api.spec.version>2.1</jaxrs.api.spec.version>
         <jaxrs.api.impl.version>2.1.1</jaxrs.api.impl.version>
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml b/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml
index 4cfa5e391e6..370de6d7d2c 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/pom.xml
@@ -366,6 +366,17 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- logging -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/AbstractJsonOsgiIntegrationTest.java b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/AbstractJsonOsgiIntegrationTest.java
index 7d3a5dcc2ec..cf3f3e732d8 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/AbstractJsonOsgiIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/AbstractJsonOsgiIntegrationTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJsonOsgiIntegrationTest {
     protected abstract Feature getJsonProviderFeature();
 
     @Test
-    public void testJson() throws Exception {
+    public void testJson() {
         final Feature jsonProviderFeature = getJsonProviderFeature();
         final Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
         final ResourceConfig resourceConfig = new ResourceConfig(JsonResource.class);
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JaxRsRiBundleTest.java b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JaxRsRiBundleTest.java
index 34c997749ca..6ee0ec8d843 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JaxRsRiBundleTest.java
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JaxRsRiBundleTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class JaxRsRiBundleTest {
 
     @Configuration
     public static Option[] configuration() {
-        List<Option> options = Helper.getCommonOsgiOptions(false);
+        List<Option> options = Helper.getCommonOsgiOptions();
 
         options.addAll(Helper.expandedList(
                 // vmOption("-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005"),
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonJettisonTest.java b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonJettisonTest.java
index afa5cc03b0d..d173643f5af 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonJettisonTest.java
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/JsonJettisonTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Option;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Configuration;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.mavenBundle;
+import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemPackage;
 
 /**
  * @author Michal Gajdos
@@ -41,8 +42,12 @@ public static Option[] configuration() {
         options.addAll(Helper.expandedList(
                 // jersey-json dependencies
                 mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.media").artifactId("jersey-media-json-jettison").versionAsInProject(),
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.codehaus.jettison").artifactId("jettison").versionAsInProject()
-        ));
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.codehaus.jettison").artifactId("jettison").versionAsInProject(),
+                //SUN JAXB IMPL OSGI
+                mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-osgi").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject(),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.tree"),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.util")
+                ));
 
         return Helper.asArray(options);
     }
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/WebResourceFactoryTest.java b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/WebResourceFactoryTest.java
index 3f99393e803..faef96f3739 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/WebResourceFactoryTest.java
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/basic/WebResourceFactoryTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.PaxExam;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.mavenBundle;
+import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.systemPackage;
 
 /**
  * @author Michal Gajdos
@@ -69,7 +70,13 @@ public static Option[] configuration() {
 
         options.addAll(Helper.expandedList(
                 // jersey-multipart dependencies
-                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.ext").artifactId("jersey-proxy-client").versionAsInProject()));
+                mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.ext").artifactId("jersey-proxy-client").versionAsInProject(),
+                //SUN JAXB IMPL OSGI
+                mavenBundle().groupId("com.sun.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-osgi").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject(),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.tree"),
+                systemPackage("com.sun.source.util")
+
+        ));
 
         options = Helper.addPaxExamMavenLocalRepositoryProperty(options);
         return Helper.asArray(options);
diff --git a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java
index c3d9670447e..5de0537cb68 100644
--- a/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java
+++ b/tests/osgi/functional/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/osgi/test/util/Helper.java
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ public static List<Option> getCommonOsgiOptions(final boolean includeJerseyJaxRs
                     mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.core").artifactId("jersey-client").versionAsInProject(),
 
                     // Jersey Injection provider
-                    mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject()
+                    mavenBundle().groupId("org.glassfish.jersey.inject").artifactId("jersey-hk2").versionAsInProject(),
+//                     Jaxb - api
+                    mavenBundle().groupId("javax.xml.bind").artifactId("jaxb-api").versionAsInProject().versionAsInProject()
             ));
         }