diff --git a/debezium-quarkus-outbox-common/pom.xml b/debezium-quarkus-outbox-common/pom.xml
index 25dc51767..d7a37b780 100644
--- a/debezium-quarkus-outbox-common/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-quarkus-outbox-common/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     <name>Debezium Quarkus :: Outbox :: Common</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+    <properties>
+        <bytecode.max.version>${bytecode.max.version.quarkus.extension}</bytecode.max.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
diff --git a/debezium-quarkus-outbox-reactive/pom.xml b/debezium-quarkus-outbox-reactive/pom.xml
index abb0881e9..fa67817ed 100644
--- a/debezium-quarkus-outbox-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-quarkus-outbox-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
         <!-- Quarkus has moved to Java 17 as baseline -->
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+
+        <bytecode.max.version>${bytecode.max.version.quarkus.extension}</bytecode.max.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/debezium-quarkus-outbox/pom.xml b/debezium-quarkus-outbox/pom.xml
index 9f8c39f52..621e4f1a8 100644
--- a/debezium-quarkus-outbox/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-quarkus-outbox/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     <name>Debezium Quarkus :: Outbox</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+    <properties>
+        <bytecode.max.version>${bytecode.max.version.quarkus.extension}</bytecode.max.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbfa2e98f..d7c1cd768 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 
         <!-- Enforce JDK 11 for building (handled via JBoss parent POM)-->
         <jdk.min.version>11</jdk.min.version>
+        <bytecode.max.version>${maven.compiler.release}</bytecode.max.version>
+        <bytecode.max.version.quarkus.extension>17</bytecode.max.version.quarkus.extension>
 
         <!-- Maven Plugins -->
         <version.compiler.plugin>3.8.1</version.compiler.plugin>
@@ -364,7 +366,8 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <enforceBytecodeVersion>
-                                    <maxJdkVersion>${maven.compiler.release}</maxJdkVersion>
+                                    <maxJdkVersion>${bytecode.max.version}</maxJdkVersion>
+                                    <ignoredScopes>test</ignoredScopes>
                                     <excludes>
                                         <exclude>org.mongodb:bson-record-codec</exclude>
                                         <exclude>org.graalvm.*</exclude>