diff --git a/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/build.gradle b/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/build.gradle
index 0c96245c72..703413a780 100644
--- a/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/build.gradle
+++ b/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ plugins {
     id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "7.0.0"
     id("io.micronaut.application") version "1.5.4"
     id("org.eclipse.jkube.kubernetes") version "1.17.0"
+    id("org.eclipse.jkube.openshift") version "1.17.0"
 }
 
 version = "1.5.1"
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api")
     runtimeOnly("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic")
     implementation("io.micronaut:micronaut-validation")
+    implementation("io.micronaut.rxjava2:micronaut-rxjava2")
 }
 
 application {
diff --git a/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/gradle.properties b/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/gradle.properties
index f9d4f3510c..b70f633242 100644
--- a/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/gradle.properties
+++ b/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut-customized-image/gradle.properties
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 #   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 #
 
-micronautVersion=2.5.11
+micronautVersion=3.9.7
diff --git a/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut/gradle.properties b/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut/gradle.properties
index df7e6ee25d..d3ab64123c 100644
--- a/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut/gradle.properties
+++ b/quickstarts/gradle/micronaut/gradle.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 #
 
-micronautVersion=3.2.3
+micronautVersion=3.9.7
 org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=false
 org.gradle.java.installations.auto-detect=false
 org.gradle.java.installations.fromEnv=JAVA_HOME