diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 3a6c013..28ec34c 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## 3.0-M5
 
 * #87 Wiremock transient dependency management - jackson version mismatch
+* #88 Runnable-jar-with-dependencies packaging fails on java 17 and 21
 
 ## 3.0-M4
 
diff --git a/bootique-jersey-jakarta-client/pom.xml b/bootique-jersey-jakarta-client/pom.xml
index 9aef634..e0f739c 100644
--- a/bootique-jersey-jakarta-client/pom.xml
+++ b/bootique-jersey-jakarta-client/pom.xml
@@ -106,23 +106,11 @@
                 <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${jaxb3.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
                 <version>${glassfish.jaxb3.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/bootique-jersey-jakarta/pom.xml b/bootique-jersey-jakarta/pom.xml
index 462c4a8..2dfe3f0 100644
--- a/bootique-jersey-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/bootique-jersey-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -82,23 +82,11 @@
                 <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${jaxb3.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
                 <version>${glassfish.jaxb3.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jakarta.activation</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee8fc63..cdd27fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <bootique.version>${project.version}</bootique.version>
-        <activation2.version>2.0.1</activation2.version>
-        <glassfish.jaxb3.version>3.0.1</glassfish.jaxb3.version>
-        <jaxb3.version>3.0.1</jaxb3.version>
+        <activation2.version>2.1.3</activation2.version>
+        <glassfish.jaxb3.version>4.0.5</glassfish.jaxb3.version>
+        <jaxb3.version>4.0.2</jaxb3.version>
         <wiremock.version>3.5.3</wiremock.version>
     </properties>