diff --git a/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml b/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml
index 07b0429e8..f27f0be24 100644
--- a/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ spec:
     - "camel:kafka"
     - "camel:core"
     - "camel:kamelet"
-    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.6.3"
+    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.18.1"
   template:
     beans:
       - name: kafkaHeaderDeserializer
diff --git a/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml b/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
index 172c8d6d3..cfe97b849 100644
--- a/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ spec:
     - "camel:kafka"
     - "camel:core"
     - "camel:kamelet"
-    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.6.3"
+    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.18.1"
   template:
     beans:
       - name: kafkaHeaderDeserializer
diff --git a/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml b/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
index 838d5224b..ebc495bd1 100644
--- a/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ spec:
     - "camel:kafka"
     - "camel:core"
     - "camel:kamelet"
-    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.6.3"
+    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.18.1"
   template:
     beans:
       - name: kafkaHeaderDeserializer
diff --git a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml
index 07b0429e8..f27f0be24 100644
--- a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-not-secured-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ spec:
     - "camel:kafka"
     - "camel:core"
     - "camel:kamelet"
-    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.6.3"
+    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.18.1"
   template:
     beans:
       - name: kafkaHeaderDeserializer
diff --git a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
index 172c8d6d3..cfe97b849 100644
--- a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-batch-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ spec:
     - "camel:kafka"
     - "camel:core"
     - "camel:kamelet"
-    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.6.3"
+    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.18.1"
   template:
     beans:
       - name: kafkaHeaderDeserializer
diff --git a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
index 838d5224b..ebc495bd1 100644
--- a/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/library/camel-kamelets/src/main/resources/kamelets/kafka-not-secured-apicurio-registry-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ spec:
     - "camel:kafka"
     - "camel:core"
     - "camel:kamelet"
-    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.6.3"
+    - "mvn:io.quarkus:quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro:3.18.1"
   template:
     beans:
       - name: kafkaHeaderDeserializer
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bd2854ed..3c29f4f81 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <version.org.messaginghub.pooled-jms>3.1.7</version.org.messaginghub.pooled-jms>
 	<version.org.postgresql.postgresql>42.7.5</version.org.postgresql.postgresql>
 	<version.net.snowflake.snowflake-jdbc>3.22.0</version.net.snowflake.snowflake-jdbc>
-	<version.io.quarkus.quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro>3.6.3</version.io.quarkus.quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro>
+	<version.io.quarkus.quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro>3.18.1</version.io.quarkus.quarkus-apicurio-registry-avro>
 	<!-- These versions should be taken from Azure SDK BOM used in the Camel version declared -->
 	<version.com.azure.azure-identity>1.15.0</version.com.azure.azure-identity>
         <version.com.azure.azure-data-schemaregistry-apacheavro>1.1.23</version.com.azure.azure-data-schemaregistry-apacheavro>