diff --git a/pkg/quarkus/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/pomxml.go b/pkg/quarkus/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/pomxml.go
index cd33136..f3e4d3d 100644
--- a/pkg/quarkus/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/pomxml.go
+++ b/pkg/quarkus/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/pomxml.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const pomxmlTemplate = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <quarkus-sdk.version>3.0.7</quarkus-sdk.version>
+    <quarkus-sdk.version>4.0.0</quarkus-sdk.version>
     <quarkus.version>2.7.5.Final</quarkus.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/testdata/quarkus/memcached-quarkus-operator/pom.xml b/testdata/quarkus/memcached-quarkus-operator/pom.xml
index 8fb0940..1145345 100644
--- a/testdata/quarkus/memcached-quarkus-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/testdata/quarkus/memcached-quarkus-operator/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <quarkus-sdk.version>3.0.7</quarkus-sdk.version>
+    <quarkus-sdk.version>4.0.0</quarkus-sdk.version>
     <quarkus.version>2.7.5.Final</quarkus.version>
   </properties>