diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93704140a..86e27f8bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- quarkus-version set to 3.16.2 across al the modules
 - xsd-parser-version set to 1.2.17
 
 ## [8.10.9] - 2024-11-03
diff --git a/fj-doc-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/config/flavour/flavour_versions_default.properties b/fj-doc-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/config/flavour/flavour_versions_default.properties
index f0aec6dfa..2bdbd8b77 100644
--- a/fj-doc-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/config/flavour/flavour_versions_default.properties
+++ b/fj-doc-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/config/flavour/flavour_versions_default.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # default flavour versions
-quarkus-3=3.16.1
+quarkus-3=3.16.2
 quarkus-2=2.16.12.Final
 micronaut-4=4.6.3
 springboot-3=3.3.5
diff --git a/fj-doc-native-quarkus/pom.xml b/fj-doc-native-quarkus/pom.xml
index beacc7816..73e48d23c 100644
--- a/fj-doc-native-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/fj-doc-native-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</surefire-plugin.version>
     <quarkus-freemarker-version>1.1.0</quarkus-freemarker-version>
-    <quarkus.platform.version>3.16.1</quarkus.platform.version>
+    <quarkus.platform.version>${quarkus-version}</quarkus.platform.version>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
diff --git a/fj-doc-playground-quarkus/pom.xml b/fj-doc-playground-quarkus/pom.xml
index b3d9e7f1c..828bd4021 100644
--- a/fj-doc-playground-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/fj-doc-playground-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
 		<quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus</quarkus.platform.group-id>
-		<quarkus.platform.version>3.16.1</quarkus.platform.version>
+		<quarkus.platform.version>${quarkus-version}</quarkus.platform.version>
 		<skipITs>true</skipITs>
 		<surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</surefire-plugin.version>
 		<!-- front end runtime -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c798782e0..e5b8118a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	    <poi5-version>${poi-version}</poi5-version>
 		<kotlin.version>2.0.21</kotlin.version>
 		<junit-jupiter-api-version>5.11.3</junit-jupiter-api-version>
+		<quarkus-version>3.16.2</quarkus-version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<licenses>