diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index da965263994..87e8dc52884 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -3,59 +3,61 @@
 	<repository>mvn:org.openhab.core.features.karaf/org.openhab.core.features.karaf.openhab-core/${ohc.version}/xml/features</repository>
 
 	<!-- JDBC Persistence for: Apache Derby, H2, HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle -->
+	<!-- Keep DB driver version numbers explicit, don't use variables from pom as this will break distro build -->
+
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-derby" description="JDBC Persistence Apache Derby" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.apache.derby/derby/${derby.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.apache.derby/derby/10.14.2.0</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-h2" description="JDBC Persistence H2" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:com.h2database/h2/${h2.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:com.h2database/h2/2.2.224</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-hsqldb" description="JDBC Persistence HSQLDB" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.hsqldb/hsqldb/${hsqldb.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.hsqldb/hsqldb/2.3.3</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-mariadb" description="JDBC Persistence MariaDB" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client/${mariadb.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client/3.0.8</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-mysql" description="JDBC Persistence MySQL" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:com.mysql/mysql-connector-j/${mysql.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:com.mysql/mysql-connector-j/8.2.0</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-postgresql" description="JDBC Persistence PostgreSQL" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.postgresql/postgresql/${postgresql.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.postgresql/postgresql/42.4.4</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-sqlite" description="JDBC Persistence SQLite" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.xerial/sqlite-jdbc/${sqlite.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.xerial/sqlite-jdbc/3.42.0.0</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-oracle" description="JDBC Persistence Oracle" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.osgiify/com.oracle.database.jdbc.ojdbc11/${oracle.version}</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.osgiify/com.oracle.database.jdbc.ojdbc11/23.5.0.2407</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 </features>