Use the attached kar file, it can be deployed successfully in 6.2.1R10. But failed in 7.10. Pls check the logs attached. Steps in 6.2.1R10 features:install kar copy kar to the $Fuse/deploy dir. Steps in 7.10: copy kar to the $Fuse/deploy dir. logs: Caused by: shaded.org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResolutionException: Error resolving artifact my.groupId:my-kar:xml:features:2.3 at shaded.org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:413) ~[?:?] at shaded.org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifacts(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:215) ~[?:?] at shaded.org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifact(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:192) ~[?:?] at shaded.org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultRepositorySystem.resolveArtifact(DefaultRepositorySystem.java:247) ~[?:?] at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:767) ~[?:?] at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:657) ~[?:?] at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:598) ~[?:?] at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:565) ~[?:?] at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.AetherBasedResolver.resolve(AetherBasedResolver.java:555) ~[?:?] at org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.internal.Connection.getInputStream(Connection.java:123) ~[?:?] at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1165) ~[?:?] at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.RepositoryImpl.load(RepositoryImpl.java:113) ~[?:?] ... 13 more 10:51:50.778 ERROR [fileinstall-/Users/wuxiaohui/apps/fuse-karaf-7.10.0.fuse-7_10_1-00008-redhat-00001/deploy] Failed to install artifact: /Users/wuxiaohui/apps/fuse-karaf-7.10.0.fuse-7_10_1-00008-redhat-00001/deploy/my-kar-2.3.kar java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.karaf.kar.internal.KarServiceImpl.findMissingDependency(KarServiceImpl.java:164) ~[?:?] at org.apache.karaf.kar.internal.KarServiceImpl.install(KarServiceImpl.java:115) ~[?:?] at org.apache.karaf.kar.internal.KarServiceImpl.install(KarServiceImpl.java:94) ~[?:?] at org.apache.karaf.kar.internal.KarServiceImpl.install(KarServiceImpl.java:86) ~[?:?] at org.apache.karaf.deployer.kar.KarArtifactInstaller.install(KarArtifactInstaller.java:50) ~[?:?] at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.install(DirectoryWatcher.java:950) [!/:3.6.8] at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.install(DirectoryWatcher.java:884) [!/:3.6.8] at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.doProcess(DirectoryWatcher.java:489) [!/:3.6.8] at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.process(DirectoryWatcher.java:365) [!/:3.6.8] at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.run(DirectoryWatcher.java:316) [!/:3.6.8]