diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47eab055..0ec46df2 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <maven-jxr-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-jxr-plugin.version>
+    <maven-bundle-plugin.version>5.1.8</maven-bundle-plugin.version>
     <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.2.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
             
   </properties>
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven-bundle-plugin.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>bundle-manifest</id>
@@ -247,8 +249,8 @@
               <goal>manifest</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <unpackBundle>true</unpackBundle>
               <instructions>
+                <!-- populated by the plugin itself -->
                 <Bundle-Version>${parsedVersion.osgiVersion}</Bundle-Version>
                 <Bundle-Description>${project.description}</Bundle-Description>
                 <X-Compile-Source-JDK>${maven.compiler.source}</X-Compile-Source-JDK>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index aa830838..803a5fd7 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -53,19 +53,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>bundle-manifest</id>
-            <phase>process-classes</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>manifest</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
 
   </build>