diff --git a/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml b/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml
index 8be78713c43..8515fc3520b 100644
--- a/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-blueprint/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
           <configuration>
               <instructions>
                   <Import-Package>
-                      org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,5)",
+                      org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,6)",
                       org.apache.aries.blueprint.*;version="[1.0,2)",
                       *
                   </Import-Package>
diff --git a/activemq-http/pom.xml b/activemq-http/pom.xml
index 40ff58ca4ad..aa064410dfd 100644
--- a/activemq-http/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-http/pom.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
               !org.apache.activemq.transport.ws*;version=${project.version},
               !org.apache.activemq.transport.xstream;version=${project.version},
               !org.apache.activemq.transport.util;version=${project.version},
-              org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,5)",
+              org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,6)",
               org.apache.activemq*;version=${project.version};resolution:=optional
             </Import-Package>
           </instructions>
diff --git a/activemq-ra/pom.xml b/activemq-ra/pom.xml
index e862e536af3..987989a24d9 100644
--- a/activemq-ra/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-ra/pom.xml
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-xbean-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${xbean-version}</version>
+        <version>${xbean-maven-plugin-version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <!-- bound explicitly: the mapping goal's default phase moved to generate-resources in
+                 maven-xbean-plugin 5.0.0, which would run it after the replacer execution below -->
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
             <configuration>
               <strictXsdOrder>false</strictXsdOrder>
               <namespace>http://activemq.apache.org/schema/ra</namespace>
diff --git a/activemq-spring/pom.xml b/activemq-spring/pom.xml
index 9d6d1898e45..024561b1f16 100644
--- a/activemq-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-spring/pom.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-xbean-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${xbean-version}</version>
+        <version>${xbean-maven-plugin-version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>process-classes</phase>
diff --git a/activemq-web-console/pom.xml b/activemq-web-console/pom.xml
index 8d18b3e0c4d..d629f5a8a0d 100644
--- a/activemq-web-console/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-web-console/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
               javax.net.ssl,
               org.osgi.framework;version="[1.5,2)",
               org.osgi.service.cm,
-              org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,5)",
+              org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,6)",
               org.apache.commons.logging;version="[1.1,2)";resolution:=optional,
               org.slf4j;version="[1.6,2)";resolution:=optional,
               org.slf4j.spi;version="[1.6,2)";resolution:=optional,
diff --git a/activemq-web-demo/pom.xml b/activemq-web-demo/pom.xml
index a81ae8278cb..6312c252729 100644
--- a/activemq-web-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-web-demo/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
               org.osgi.framework,
               org.osgi.service.cm,
               org.apache.commons.logging;version="[1.1,2)";resolution:=optional,
-              org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,5)",
+              org.apache.xbean*;version="[3.13,6)",
               org.slf4j;version="[1.6,2)";resolution:=optional,
               org.slf4j.spi;version="[1.6,2)";resolution:=optional,
               org.apache.log4j;version="[2,3)";resolution:=optional,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b1adc24ecf..5975dd05a0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@
     <taglibs-version>1.2.5</taglibs-version>
     <xpp3-version>1.1.4c</xpp3-version>
     <xstream-version>1.4.21</xstream-version>
-    <xbean-version>4.31</xbean-version>
+    <xbean-version>5.0.0</xbean-version>
+    <!-- kept at 4.31: maven-xbean-plugin 5.0.0 attaches the generated schema doc with the
+         classifier "chema" instead of "schema" and defaults propertyEditorPaths to the
+         non-existent package org.apache.xben.spring.context.impl -->
+    <xbean-maven-plugin-version>4.31</xbean-maven-plugin-version>
     <xerces-version>2.12.2</xerces-version>
     <jaxb-tools-version>4.0.16</jaxb-tools-version>
     <stompjms-version>3.1.0</stompjms-version>