diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index a0b4169d9f..9c60434b25 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -3958,7 +3958,10 @@ final class Tools {
                     }
                     catch (Throwable e) {
                         try {
-                            Class.forName("javax.persistence.Column");
+
+                            // [#14180] Break the maven-bundle-plugin class analyser, to prevent
+                            //          adding a package import to MANIFEST.MF for this lookup
+                            Class.forName(new String("javax.persistence.") + new String("Column"));
                             jpaNamespace = JPANamespace.JAVAX;
                             JooqLogger.getLogger(Tools.class, "isJPAAvailable", 1).info("javax.persistence.Column was found on the classpath instead of jakarta.persistence.Column. jOOQ 3.16 requires you to upgrade to Jakarta EE if you wish to use JPA annotations in your DefaultRecordMapper");
                         }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32f6704447..0ad1d3fe78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.2.1</version>
+                    <version>5.1.8</version>
 
                     <!-- [#10150] Required to build on JDK 15 -->
                     <dependencies>