diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7aa4c7746..90f2b196b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <quarkus-version>3.6.0</quarkus-version>
         <quarkus-platform-group>io.quarkus.platform</quarkus-platform-group>
         <quarkus-platform-version>3.6.0</quarkus-platform-version>
-        <quarkus-native-builder-image>quay.io/quarkus/ubi-quarkus-mandrel-builder-image:23.0-jdk-17</quarkus-native-builder-image>
+        <quarkus-native-builder-image>quay.io/quarkus/ubi-quarkus-mandrel-builder-image:jdk-21</quarkus-native-builder-image>
 
         <!-- camel-k-runtime specific -->
         <groovy-version>4.0.16</groovy-version>