diff --git a/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 589812ef9f..b22fa4a7e5 100644
--- a/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/plugin/blueprint-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <cdi-api.version>1.2</cdi-api.version>
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
-        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.2</javax.transaction-api.version>
+        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.3</javax.transaction-api.version>
         <javax.transaction.cdi-api.version>1.2-b03</javax.transaction.cdi-api.version>
         <maven-filtering.version>3.4.0</maven-filtering.version>
         <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.15.1</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
diff --git a/transaction/transaction-blueprint/pom.xml b/transaction/transaction-blueprint/pom.xml
index ec09dbfec4..b49284304d 100644
--- a/transaction/transaction-blueprint/pom.xml
+++ b/transaction/transaction-blueprint/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <lastReleaseVersion>1.1.0</lastReleaseVersion>
 
         <easymock.version>3.3.1</easymock.version>
-        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.2</javax.transaction-api.version>
+        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.3</javax.transaction-api.version>
         <maven-bundle-plugin.version>5.1.9</maven-bundle-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.core.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.blueprint.core.version>
         <org.apache.aries.util.version>1.1.3</org.apache.aries.util.version>
diff --git a/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml b/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml
index 402b5861f3..4a903106b3 100644
--- a/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/transaction/transaction-itests/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
         <geronimo-validation_1.0_spec.version>1.1</geronimo-validation_1.0_spec.version>
         <javax.el-api.version>3.0.0</javax.el-api.version>
         <javax.interceptor-api.version>1.2</javax.interceptor-api.version>
-        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.2</javax.transaction-api.version>
+        <javax.resource-api.version>1.7.1</javax.resource-api.version>
+        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.3</javax.transaction-api.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.api.version>1.0.0</org.apache.aries.blueprint.api.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.core.version>1.4.4</org.apache.aries.blueprint.core.version>
         <org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.version>1.0.6</org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.version>
@@ -142,6 +143,13 @@
             <artifactId>javax.interceptor-api</artifactId>
             <version>${javax.interceptor-api.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.resource/javax.resource-api -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.resource</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.resource-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${javax.resource-api.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.javax-inject</artifactId>
@@ -225,7 +233,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pax-exam-container-forked</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>pax-exam-container-native</artifactId>
             <version>${exam.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/transaction/transaction-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/transaction/itests/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/transaction/transaction-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/transaction/itests/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 12462b33de..69db814443 100644
--- a/transaction/transaction-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/transaction/itests/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/transaction/transaction-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/transaction/itests/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public Option baseOptions() {
                 new CleanCachesOption(true), // change to 'false' if investigation is needed
                 // this is how you set the default log level when using pax
                 // logging (logProfile)
-                systemProperty("org.ops4j.pax.logging.DefaultServiceLog.level").value("INFO"),
+                systemProperty("org.ops4j.pax.logging.DefaultServiceLog.level").value("DEBUG"),
                 // this option helps with debugging
                 //vmOption("-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5006"),
                 when(localRepo != null).useOptions(vmOption("-Dorg.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.localRepository=" + localRepo))
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ public Option[] configuration() {
         return new Option[] {
                 baseOptions(),
                 frameworkProperty("org.osgi.framework.system.packages")
-                    .value("javax.accessibility,javax.activation,javax.activity,javax.annotation,javax.annotation.processing,javax.crypto,javax.crypto.interfaces,javax.crypto.spec,javax.imageio,javax.imageio.event,javax.imageio.metadata,javax.imageio.plugins.bmp,javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg,javax.imageio.spi,javax.imageio.stream,javax.jws,javax.jws.soap,javax.lang.model,javax.lang.model.element,javax.lang.model.type,javax.lang.model.util,javax.management,javax.management.loading,javax.management.modelmbean,javax.management.monitor,javax.management.openmbean,javax.management.relation,javax.management.remote,javax.management.remote.rmi,javax.management.timer,javax.naming,javax.naming.directory,javax.naming.event,javax.naming.ldap,javax.naming.spi,javax.net,javax.net.ssl,javax.print,javax.print.attribute,javax.print.attribute.standard,javax.print.event,javax.rmi,javax.rmi.CORBA,javax.rmi.ssl,javax.script,javax.security.auth,javax.security.auth.callback,javax.security.auth.kerberos,javax.security.auth.login,javax.security.auth.spi,javax.security.auth.x500,javax.security.cert,javax.security.sasl,javax.sound.midi,javax.sound.midi.spi,javax.sound.sampled,javax.sound.sampled.spi,javax.sql,javax.sql.rowset,javax.sql.rowset.serial,javax.sql.rowset.spi,javax.swing,javax.swing.border,javax.swing.colorchooser,javax.swing.event,javax.swing.filechooser,javax.swing.plaf,javax.swing.plaf.basic,javax.swing.plaf.metal,javax.swing.plaf.multi,javax.swing.plaf.synth,javax.swing.table,javax.swing.text,javax.swing.text.html,javax.swing.text.html.parser,javax.swing.text.rtf,javax.swing.tree,javax.swing.undo,javax.tools,javax.xml,javax.xml.bind,javax.xml.bind.annotation,javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters,javax.xml.bind.attachment,javax.xml.bind.helpers,javax.xml.bind.util,javax.xml.crypto,javax.xml.crypto.dom,javax.xml.crypto.dsig,javax.xml.crypto.dsig.dom,javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo,javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec,javax.xml.datatype,javax.xml.namespace,javax.xml.parsers,javax.xml.soap,javax.xml.stream,javax.xml.stream.events,javax.xml.stream.util,javax.xml.transform,javax.xml.transform.dom,javax.xml.transform.sax,javax.xml.transform.stax,javax.xml.transform.stream,javax.xml.validation,javax.xml.ws,javax.xml.ws.handler,javax.xml.ws.handler.soap,javax.xml.ws.http,javax.xml.ws.soap,javax.xml.ws.spi,javax.xml.xpath,org.ietf.jgss,org.omg.CORBA,org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage,org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage,org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage,org.omg.CORBA.portable,org.omg.CORBA_2_3,org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable,org.omg.CosNaming,org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage,org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage,org.omg.Dynamic,org.omg.DynamicAny,org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage,org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage,org.omg.IOP,org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage,org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage,org.omg.Messaging,org.omg.PortableInterceptor,org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage,org.omg.PortableServer,org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.portable,org.omg.SendingContext,org.omg.stub.java.rmi,org.w3c.dom,org.w3c.dom.bootstrap,org.w3c.dom.css,org.w3c.dom.events,org.w3c.dom.html,org.w3c.dom.ls,org.w3c.dom.ranges,org.w3c.dom.stylesheets,org.w3c.dom.traversal,org.w3c.dom.views,org.xml.sax,org.xml.sax.ext,org.xml.sax.helpers"),
+                    .value("javax.accessibility,javax.activation,javax.activity,javax.annotation,javax.annotation.processing,javax.crypto,javax.crypto.interfaces,javax.crypto.spec,javax.imageio,javax.imageio.event,javax.imageio.metadata,javax.imageio.plugins.bmp,javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg,javax.imageio.spi,javax.imageio.stream,javax.jws,javax.jws.soap,javax.lang.model,javax.lang.model.element,javax.lang.model.type,javax.lang.model.util,javax.management,javax.management.loading,javax.management.modelmbean,javax.management.monitor,javax.management.openmbean,javax.management.relation,javax.management.remote,javax.management.remote.rmi,javax.management.timer,javax.naming,javax.naming.directory,javax.naming.event,javax.naming.ldap,javax.naming.spi,javax.net,javax.net.ssl,javax.print,javax.print.attribute,javax.print.attribute.standard,javax.print.event,javax.rmi,javax.rmi.CORBA,javax.rmi.ssl,javax.script,javax.security.auth,javax.security.auth.callback,javax.security.auth.kerberos,javax.security.auth.login,javax.security.auth.spi,javax.security.auth.x500,javax.security.cert,javax.security.sasl,javax.sound.midi,javax.sound.midi.spi,javax.sound.sampled,javax.sound.sampled.spi,javax.sql,javax.sql.rowset,javax.sql.rowset.serial,javax.sql.rowset.spi,javax.swing,javax.swing.border,javax.swing.colorchooser,javax.swing.event,javax.swing.filechooser,javax.swing.plaf,javax.swing.plaf.basic,javax.swing.plaf.metal,javax.swing.plaf.multi,javax.swing.plaf.synth,javax.swing.table,javax.swing.text,javax.swing.text.html,javax.swing.text.html.parser,javax.swing.text.rtf,javax.swing.tree,javax.swing.undo,javax.tools,javax.xml,javax.xml.bind,javax.xml.bind.annotation,javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters,javax.xml.bind.attachment,javax.xml.bind.helpers,javax.xml.bind.util,javax.xml.crypto,javax.xml.crypto.dom,javax.xml.crypto.dsig,javax.xml.crypto.dsig.dom,javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo,javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec,javax.xml.datatype,javax.xml.namespace,javax.xml.parsers,javax.xml.soap,javax.xml.stream,javax.xml.stream.events,javax.xml.stream.util,javax.xml.transform,javax.xml.transform.dom,javax.xml.transform.sax,javax.xml.transform.stax,javax.xml.transform.stream,javax.xml.validation,javax.xml.ws,javax.xml.ws.handler,javax.xml.ws.handler.soap,javax.xml.ws.http,javax.xml.ws.soap,javax.xml.ws.spi,javax.xml.xpath,org.ietf.jgss,org.omg.CORBA,org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage,org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage,org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage,org.omg.CORBA.portable,org.omg.CORBA_2_3,org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable,org.omg.CosNaming,org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage,org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage,org.omg.Dynamic,org.omg.DynamicAny,org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage,org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage,org.omg.IOP,org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage,org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage,org.omg.Messaging,org.omg.PortableInterceptor,org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage,org.omg.PortableServer,org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage,org.omg.PortableServer.portable,org.omg.SendingContext,org.omg.stub.java.rmi,org.w3c.dom,org.w3c.dom.bootstrap,org.w3c.dom.css,org.w3c.dom.events,org.w3c.dom.html,org.w3c.dom.ls,org.w3c.dom.ranges,org.w3c.dom.stylesheets,org.w3c.dom.traversal,org.w3c.dom.views,org.xml.sax,org.xml.sax.ext,org.xml.sax.helpers"
+                    +",javax.transaction.xa;version=1.1"),
                 systemProperty("org.apache.aries.proxy.weaving.enabled").value("none"),
                 systemProperty("pax.exam.osgi.unresolved.fail").value("true"),
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ private Option jta12Bundles() {
                 mavenBundle("org.apache.servicemix.bundles", "org.apache.servicemix.bundles.javax-inject").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle("javax.el", "javax.el-api").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle("javax.enterprise", "cdi-api").versionAsInProject(),
+                mavenBundle("javax.resource", "javax.resource-api").versionAsInProject(),
                 mavenBundle("javax.transaction", "javax.transaction-api").versionAsInProject()
             );
     }
diff --git a/transaction/transaction-testbundle/pom.xml b/transaction/transaction-testbundle/pom.xml
index e339a5ad56..ff0934d934 100644
--- a/transaction/transaction-testbundle/pom.xml
+++ b/transaction/transaction-testbundle/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             org.apache.aries.transaction.test.impl
         </aries.osgi.private.pkg>
 
-        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.2</javax.transaction-api.version>
+        <javax.transaction-api.version>1.3</javax.transaction-api.version>
         <org.apache.aries.transaction.blueprint.version>1.0.2</org.apache.aries.transaction.blueprint.version>
     </properties>