diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml b/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
index f24eee6b054..0541adf694d 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ environments:
     enabled: true
   quarkus-branch:
     env_vars:
-      QUARKUS_BRANCH: '2.16'
+      QUARKUS_BRANCH: '2.13'
       BUILD_MVN_OPTS: '-Dproductized  -Ddata-index-ephemeral.image=quay.io/kiegroup/kogito-data-index-ephemeral -Dproductized  -Ddata-index-ephemeral.image=quay.io/kiegroup/kogito-data-index-ephemeral '
     ids:
     - quarkus