diff --git a/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/pom.xml b/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/pom.xml
index 3aa13450d..198f81064 100644
--- a/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.16.3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>get-wrapper</id>
diff --git a/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/super-heroes/extension-version/pom.xml b/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/super-heroes/extension-version/pom.xml
index 73d16d71b..d4f472fe3 100644
--- a/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/super-heroes/extension-version/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus-workshop-super-heroes/super-heroes/extension-version/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <quarkus.version>3.15.0</quarkus.version>
+    <quarkus.version>3.16.3</quarkus.version>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.2.2</surefire-plugin.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>