diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc
index edb8c14087..5f01f2a31f 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/apis/camel-k-crds.adoc
@@ -6377,6 +6377,8 @@ string
 
 
 The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration. It overrides the default version set in the Integration Platform.
+You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3") or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try to resolve
+to the best matching Catalog existing on the cluster.
 
 |`properties` +
 []string
diff --git a/docs/modules/traits/pages/camel.adoc b/docs/modules/traits/pages/camel.adoc
index 3c7a29e364..627fd79a10 100755
--- a/docs/modules/traits/pages/camel.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/traits/pages/camel.adoc
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ The following configuration options are available:
 | camel.runtime-version
 | string
 | The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration. It overrides the default version set in the Integration Platform.
+You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3") or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try to resolve
+to the best matching Catalog existing on the cluster.
 
 | camel.properties
 | []string
diff --git a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-kit.yaml b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-kit.yaml
index 1d5bfb5378..31c285d645 100644
--- a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-kit.yaml
+++ b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-kit.yaml
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   quarkus:
diff --git a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-platform.yaml b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-platform.yaml
index c66c8dd5fb..ef486bbb9c 100644
--- a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-platform.yaml
+++ b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-platform.yaml
@@ -671,7 +671,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
@@ -2573,7 +2576,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
diff --git a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-profile.yaml b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-profile.yaml
index 21e0c93340..74d42a2d8a 100644
--- a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-profile.yaml
+++ b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration-profile.yaml
@@ -547,7 +547,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
@@ -2332,7 +2335,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
diff --git a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration.yaml b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration.yaml
index 48c5885ed3..f237421a6a 100644
--- a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration.yaml
+++ b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-integration.yaml
@@ -6566,7 +6566,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
diff --git a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-kamelet-binding.yaml b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-kamelet-binding.yaml
index d856f765f8..fec7f67d30 100644
--- a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-kamelet-binding.yaml
+++ b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-kamelet-binding.yaml
@@ -6851,7 +6851,10 @@ spec:
                           runtimeVersion:
                             description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the
                               integration. It overrides the default version set in
-                              the Integration Platform.
+                              the Integration Platform. You can use a fixed version
+                              (for example "3.2.3") or a semantic version (for example
+                              "3.x") which will try to resolve to the best matching
+                              Catalog existing on the cluster.
                             type: string
                         type: object
                       container:
diff --git a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-pipe.yaml b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-pipe.yaml
index 860e4c44bc..29c53dfa1a 100644
--- a/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-pipe.yaml
+++ b/helm/camel-k/crds/crd-pipe.yaml
@@ -6849,7 +6849,10 @@ spec:
                           runtimeVersion:
                             description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the
                               integration. It overrides the default version set in
-                              the Integration Platform.
+                              the Integration Platform. You can use a fixed version
+                              (for example "3.2.3") or a semantic version (for example
+                              "3.x") which will try to resolve to the best matching
+                              Catalog existing on the cluster.
                             type: string
                         type: object
                       container:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/trait/camel.go b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/trait/camel.go
index 348ff56ea6..97603d359d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/trait/camel.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/trait/camel.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ package trait
 type CamelTrait struct {
 	PlatformBaseTrait `property:",squash" json:",inline"`
 	// The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration. It overrides the default version set in the Integration Platform.
+	// You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3") or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try to resolve
+	// to the best matching Catalog existing on the cluster.
 	RuntimeVersion string `property:"runtime-version" json:"runtimeVersion,omitempty"`
 	// A list of properties to be provided to the Integration runtime
 	Properties []string `property:"properties" json:"properties,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationkits.yaml b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationkits.yaml
index 1d5bfb5378..31c285d645 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationkits.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationkits.yaml
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   quarkus:
diff --git a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationplatforms.yaml b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationplatforms.yaml
index c66c8dd5fb..ef486bbb9c 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationplatforms.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationplatforms.yaml
@@ -671,7 +671,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
@@ -2573,7 +2576,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
diff --git a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationprofiles.yaml b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationprofiles.yaml
index 21e0c93340..74d42a2d8a 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationprofiles.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrationprofiles.yaml
@@ -547,7 +547,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
@@ -2332,7 +2335,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
diff --git a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrations.yaml b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrations.yaml
index 48c5885ed3..f237421a6a 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrations.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_integrations.yaml
@@ -6566,7 +6566,10 @@ spec:
                       runtimeVersion:
                         description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the integration.
                           It overrides the default version set in the Integration
-                          Platform.
+                          Platform. You can use a fixed version (for example "3.2.3")
+                          or a semantic version (for example "3.x") which will try
+                          to resolve to the best matching Catalog existing on the
+                          cluster.
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   container:
diff --git a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_kameletbindings.yaml b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_kameletbindings.yaml
index d856f765f8..fec7f67d30 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_kameletbindings.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_kameletbindings.yaml
@@ -6851,7 +6851,10 @@ spec:
                           runtimeVersion:
                             description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the
                               integration. It overrides the default version set in
-                              the Integration Platform.
+                              the Integration Platform. You can use a fixed version
+                              (for example "3.2.3") or a semantic version (for example
+                              "3.x") which will try to resolve to the best matching
+                              Catalog existing on the cluster.
                             type: string
                         type: object
                       container:
diff --git a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_pipes.yaml b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_pipes.yaml
index 860e4c44bc..29c53dfa1a 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_pipes.yaml
+++ b/pkg/resources/config/crd/bases/camel.apache.org_pipes.yaml
@@ -6849,7 +6849,10 @@ spec:
                           runtimeVersion:
                             description: The camel-k-runtime version to use for the
                               integration. It overrides the default version set in
-                              the Integration Platform.
+                              the Integration Platform. You can use a fixed version
+                              (for example "3.2.3") or a semantic version (for example
+                              "3.x") which will try to resolve to the best matching
+                              Catalog existing on the cluster.
                             type: string
                         type: object
                       container: