diff --git a/optaplanner-operator/pom.xml b/optaplanner-operator/pom.xml
index 00b9b8be01..b61caf3642 100644
--- a/optaplanner-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/optaplanner-operator/pom.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <java.module.name>org.optaplanner.operator</java.module.name>
-    <!-- Quarkus Ecosystem CI (and other CI possibly too) updates the version.io.quarkus property. -->
-    <version.io.quarkus.override>3.0.0.Final</version.io.quarkus.override>
   </properties>
 
   <!-- TODO: Remove when OptaPlanner no longer supports Quarkus 2.13 -->
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
         <artifactId>quarkus-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.io.quarkus.override}</version>
+        <version>${version.io.quarkus}</version>
         <scope>import</scope>
         <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
         <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.io.quarkus.override}</version>
+        <version>${version.io.quarkus}</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <executions>
           <execution>