diff --git a/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml
index b7fd306ae0e..83085630f54 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml
@@ -100,10 +100,11 @@
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
             <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- awaitility 4.3 requires org.hamcrest;version="[2.1,3)" -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3_1</version>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/itests/common/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/itests/KarafTestSupport.java b/itests/common/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/itests/KarafTestSupport.java
index 3a9876d12b0..0f6971c2315 100644
--- a/itests/common/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/itests/KarafTestSupport.java
+++ b/itests/common/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/itests/KarafTestSupport.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public Option[] config() {
                 CoreOptions.systemTimeout(3600000),
                 RBCRemoteTargetOptions.waitForRBCFor(3600000),
                 CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.awaitility").artifactId("awaitility").versionAsInProject(),
-                CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.apache.servicemix.bundles").artifactId("org.apache.servicemix.bundles.hamcrest").versionAsInProject(),
+                CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.hamcrest").artifactId("hamcrest").versionAsInProject(),
                 CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.apache.karaf.itests").artifactId("common").versionAsInProject(),
                 CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("jakarta.annotation").artifactId("jakarta.annotation-api").versionAsInProject(),
                 //replaceConfigurationFile("etc/host.key", getConfigFile("/etc/host.key")),
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ public Option[] config() {
                 CoreOptions.systemTimeout(3600000),
                 RBCRemoteTargetOptions.waitForRBCFor(3600000),
                 CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.awaitility").artifactId("awaitility").versionAsInProject(),
-                CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.apache.servicemix.bundles").artifactId("org.apache.servicemix.bundles.hamcrest").versionAsInProject(),
+                CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.hamcrest").artifactId("hamcrest").versionAsInProject(),
                 CoreOptions.mavenBundle().groupId("org.apache.karaf.itests").artifactId("common").versionAsInProject(),
                 //replaceConfigurationFile("etc/host.key", getConfigFile("/etc/host.key")),
                 KarafDistributionOption.replaceConfigurationFile("etc/users.properties", getConfigFile("/etc/users.properties")),
diff --git a/itests/test/pom.xml b/itests/test/pom.xml
index 6a079fcb294..83e6c2e92cf 100644
--- a/itests/test/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/test/pom.xml
@@ -135,10 +135,11 @@
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
             <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- awaitility 4.3 requires org.hamcrest;version="[2.1,3)" -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3_1</version>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb7c02babed..31d59e58663 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         <aspectj.version>1.9.21.1</aspectj.version>
         <asm.version>9.10.1</asm.version>
         <jakarta.annotation.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation.version>
-        <awaitility.version>3.1.6</awaitility.version>
+        <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.85</bouncycastle.version>
         <camel.version>4.18.2</camel.version>
         <cglib.version>3.2.9</cglib.version>