diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 561904839..101457607 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
         <quarkus-plugin.version>${quarkus.platform.version}</quarkus-plugin.version>
         <strimzi.version>0.29.0</strimzi.version>
-        <fabric8.client.version>5.12.4</fabric8.client.version>
+        <fabric8.client.version>6.5.1</fabric8.client.version>
         <quarkus.operator.extension>4.0.8</quarkus.operator.extension>
         <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus</quarkus.platform.group-id>
         <junit.platform.version>1.7.2</junit.platform.version>