diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8cdcd35..316a8c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         <module>xmpp-notifier-core</module>
         <module>xmpp-notifier-console-plugin</module>
         <module>xmpp-notifier-console-plugin-l10n</module>
+        <module>smack-core-repackager</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/smack-core-repackager/pom.xml b/smack-core-repackager/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f55b946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smack-core-repackager/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~
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+  ~  may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can
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+  ~  recipient has the option to distribute your version of this file under
+  ~  either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or to extend the choice of license to
+  ~  its licensees as provided above.  However, if you add GPL Version 2 code
+  ~  and therefore, elected the GPL Version 2 license, then the option applies
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+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>fish.payara.extensions.notifiers</groupId>
+        <artifactId>notifiers-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>smack-core-repackager</artifactId>
+    <name>Smack Core Repackaged</name>
+    <description>Smack Core repackaged as a module</description>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <smack.version>4.4.8</smack.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>default-jar</id>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <skipIfEmpty>true</skipIfEmpty>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <instructions>
+                        <Embed-Dependency>
+                            *;scope=compile;inline=true
+                        </Embed-Dependency>
+                        <!-- Export everything from smack-core in the final bundle -->
+                        <Export-Package>*;version=${smack.version}</Export-Package>
+                        <!-- Exclude unnecessary imports -->
+                        <Private-Package>!*</Private-Package>
+                        <Import-Package>!com.sun.*</Import-Package>
+                    </instructions>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>osgi-bundle</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>bundle</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.igniterealtime.smack</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smack-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${smack.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xmpp-notifier-core/pom.xml b/xmpp-notifier-core/pom.xml
index 4cbb1a5..69a245b 100644
--- a/xmpp-notifier-core/pom.xml
+++ b/xmpp-notifier-core/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <name>XMPP Notifier Implementation</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <smack.version>4.3.4</smack.version>
+        <smack.version>4.4.8</smack.version>
         <xpp3.version>1.1.4c_7</xpp3.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <!-- Extra dependencies. Need copying into modules directory -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.igniterealtime.smack</groupId>
-            <artifactId>smack-java7</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>smack-java8</artifactId>
             <version>${smack.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>