diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3dd721738..b1f33df446 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@
         <apache.felix.scr.ds.annotations.version>1.2.4</apache.felix.scr.ds.annotations.version>
 
         <!-- Carbon kernel version -->
-        <carbon.kernel.version>4.9.1</carbon.kernel.version>
+        <carbon.kernel.version>4.9.8</carbon.kernel.version>
         <carbon.kernel.feature.version>4.9.1</carbon.kernel.feature.version>
         <carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version.range>[4.5.0, 5.0.0)</carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version.range>
         <carbon.kernel.registry.imp.pkg.version.range>[1.0.1, 2.0.0)</carbon.kernel.registry.imp.pkg.version.range>