diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/pulsar-getting-started.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/pulsar-getting-started.adoc
index fad78b33259ca..d3108b3170879 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/pulsar-getting-started.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/pulsar-getting-started.adoc
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ version: '3.8'
 services:
 
   pulsar:
-    image: apachepulsar/pulsar:3.0.0
+    image: apachepulsar/pulsar:3.2.4
     command: [
       "sh", "-c",
       "bin/apply-config-from-env.py conf/standalone.conf && bin/pulsar standalone -nfw -nss"
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarContainer.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarContainer.java
index 248b8723c6839..c21a5ac9f7263 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarContainer.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarContainer.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 public class PulsarContainer extends GenericContainer<PulsarContainer> {
 
-    public static final DockerImageName PULSAR_IMAGE = DockerImageName.parse("apachepulsar/pulsar:3.3.0");
+    public static final DockerImageName PULSAR_IMAGE = DockerImageName.parse("apachepulsar/pulsar:3.2.4");
 
     public static final String STARTER_SCRIPT = "/run_pulsar.sh";
 
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarDevServicesBuildTimeConfig.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarDevServicesBuildTimeConfig.java
index 0e5169104cd22..ddee633aeeeca 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarDevServicesBuildTimeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarDevServicesBuildTimeConfig.java
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public class PulsarDevServicesBuildTimeConfig {
      *
      * Check https://hub.docker.com/r/apachepulsar/pulsar to find the available versions.
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "apachepulsar/pulsar:3.3.0")
+    // Alpine-based images starting from 3.3.0 fail to start on aarch64: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/23306
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "apachepulsar/pulsar:3.2.4")
     public String imageName;
 
     /**
diff --git a/integration-tests/reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/pulsar/PulsarContainer.java b/integration-tests/reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/pulsar/PulsarContainer.java
index 9b913f842f6fb..0211377cca6bc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/pulsar/PulsarContainer.java
+++ b/integration-tests/reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/pulsar/PulsarContainer.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 public class PulsarContainer extends GenericContainer<PulsarContainer> {
 
-    public static final DockerImageName PULSAR_IMAGE = DockerImageName.parse("apachepulsar/pulsar:3.3.0");
+    public static final DockerImageName PULSAR_IMAGE = DockerImageName.parse("apachepulsar/pulsar:3.2.4");
 
     public static final String STARTER_SCRIPT = "/run_pulsar.sh";