diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-downstream-full.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-downstream-full.yml
index e3f02055d22..a1f5a071631 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-downstream-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-downstream-full.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         java-version: [17]
-        maven-version: ['3.9.3']
+        maven-version: ['3.9.6']
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: Build Chain (${{ matrix.os }} / Java-${{ matrix.java-version }} / Maven-${{ matrix.maven-version }})
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-downstream.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-downstream.yml
index eddb400fdbe..b82393a748f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-downstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-downstream.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         job_name: [ kogito-runtimes, kogito-apps, kogito-quarkus-examples, kogito-springboot-examples, serverless-workflow-examples ]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         java-version: [17]
-        maven-version: ['3.9.3']
+        maven-version: ['3.9.6']
         include:
           - job_name: kogito-runtimes
             repository: kogito-runtimes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-drools-ansible.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-drools-ansible.yml
index e59633d3923..253b577bb45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-drools-ansible.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-drools-ansible.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         java-version: [17]
-        maven-version: ['3.9.3']
+        maven-version: ['3.9.6']
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: Ansible Integration / ${{ matrix.os }} / Java-${{ matrix.java-version }} / Maven-${{ matrix.maven-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-drools-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-drools-docs.yml
index babb27e59c2..02f5abc04a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-drools-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-drools-docs.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         java-version: [17]
-        maven-version: ['3.9.3']
+        maven-version: ['3.9.6']
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} / Java-${{ matrix.java-version }} / Maven-${{ matrix.maven-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-drools.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-drools.yml
index a70d116a641..01c32b6f9a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-drools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-drools.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
         java-version: [17]
-        maven-version: ['3.9.3']
+        maven-version: ['3.9.6']
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} / Java-${{ matrix.java-version }} / Maven-${{ matrix.maven-version }}
diff --git a/drools-quarkus-extension/drools-quarkus-quickstart-test/guide.adoc b/drools-quarkus-extension/drools-quarkus-quickstart-test/guide.adoc
index bb74e51dc27..44ed4439356 100644
--- a/drools-quarkus-extension/drools-quarkus-quickstart-test/guide.adoc
+++ b/drools-quarkus-extension/drools-quarkus-quickstart-test/guide.adoc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ To complete this guide, you need:
 * less than 15 minutes
 * an IDE
 * JDK 17+ installed with `JAVA_HOME` configured appropriately
-* Apache Maven 3.9.3+
+* Apache Maven 3.9.6+
 * Docker
 * link:{quarkus-guides-url}/building-native-image[GraalVM installed if you want to run in native mode]