diff --git a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a8d541340c1..c450a284ba4 100644
--- a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.7</version>
+            <version>4.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
diff --git a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/KarMojo.java b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/KarMojo.java
index 75b96aa6fe8..9c7b7d003a8 100644
--- a/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/KarMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/karaf-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/KarMojo.java
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.Archiver;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.JarArchiver;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
 
 /**
  * Assemble a kar archive from a features.xml file
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ public class KarMojo extends MojoSupport {
     /**
      * The Jar archiver.
      */
-    @Component(role = Archiver.class, hint="jar")
+    @Inject
+    @Named("jar")
     private JarArchiver jarArchiver = null;
 
     /**
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ private File createArchive(List<Artifact> bundles, File featuresFile, String gro
         // configure for Reproducible Builds based on outputTimestamp value
         archiver.configureReproducible(outputTimestamp);
 
+        List<File> tempMetadataFiles = new ArrayList<>();
         try {
             //TODO should .kar be a bundle?
 //            archive.addManifestEntry(Constants.BUNDLE_NAME, project.getName());
@@ -345,12 +347,7 @@ private File createArchive(List<Artifact> bundles, File featuresFile, String gro
                     }
 
                     jarArchiver.addFile(metadataTmp, repositoryPath + layout.pathOf(artifact).substring(0, layout.pathOf(artifact).lastIndexOf('/')) + "/maven-metadata-local.xml");
-
-                    try {
-                        metadataTmp.delete();
-                    } catch (final Exception ex) {
-                        getLog().warn("Cannot delete temporary created file.", ex);
-                    }
+                    tempMetadataFiles.add(metadataTmp);
                 }
 
                 String targetFileName = repositoryPath + layout.pathOf(artifact);
@@ -362,6 +359,16 @@ private File createArchive(List<Artifact> bundles, File featuresFile, String gro
             }
             archiver.createArchive(mavenSession, project, archive);
 
+            for (File tempMetadataFile : tempMetadataFiles) {
+                try {
+                    if (!tempMetadataFile.delete()) {
+                        getLog().warn("Cannot delete temporary created file: " + tempMetadataFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                    }
+                } catch (final Exception ex) {
+                    getLog().warn("Cannot delete temporary created file: " + tempMetadataFile.getAbsolutePath(), ex);
+                }
+            }
+
             return archiveFile;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to create archive", e);