diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
index 4fc4e0f9d460a..405fef4ff2ae9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
@@ -903,7 +903,12 @@ jobs:
           CAPTURE_BUILD_SCAN: true
         run: |
           git clone --depth=1 -b ${{ steps.get-quickstarts-branch.outputs.result }} https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus-quickstarts.git && cd quarkus-quickstarts
-          export LANG=en_US && ./mvnw -e -B -fae --settings .github/mvn-settings.xml clean verify -DskipTests
+          if [ "${{ steps.get-quickstarts-branch.outputs.result }}" != "development" ]; then
+             QUARKUS_VERSION_ARGS="-Dquarkus.platform.version=${{ steps.get-quickstarts-branch.outputs.result }}.999-SNAPSHOT -Dquarkus.version=${{ steps.get-quickstarts-branch.outputs.result }}.999-SNAPSHOT"
+          else
+             QUARKUS_VERSION_ARGS=""
+          fi
+          export LANG=en_US && ./mvnw -e -B -fae --settings .github/mvn-settings.xml clean verify -DskipTests -Dquarkus.platform.group-id=io.quarkus $QUARKUS_VERSION_ARGS
       - name: Prepare build reports archive
         if: always()
         run: |