diff --git a/integration-tests-support/test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/test/AvailablePortFinder.java b/integration-tests-support/test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/test/AvailablePortFinder.java
index 620300ccd489..c6841a02b32e 100644
--- a/integration-tests-support/test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/test/AvailablePortFinder.java
+++ b/integration-tests-support/test-support/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/test/AvailablePortFinder.java
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.camel.quarkus.test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.DatagramSocket;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -51,22 +50,30 @@ private AvailablePortFinder() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the next available port.
+     * Gets the next available TCP port.
      *
      * @throws IllegalStateException if there are no ports available
      * @return                       the available port
      */
     public static int getNextAvailable() {
+        return getNextAvailable(Protocol.TCP);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the next available port for the given protocol.
+     *
+     * @param  protocol              the network protocol to reserve the port for. Either TCP or UDP
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if there are no ports available
+     * @return                       the available port
+     */
+    public static int getNextAvailable(Protocol protocol) {
         // Using AvailablePortFinder in native applications can be problematic
         // E.g The reserved port may be allocated at build time and preserved indefinitely at runtime. I.e it never changes on each execution of the native application
         logWarningIfNativeApplication();
 
         while (true) {
-            try (ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket()) {
-                ss.setReuseAddress(true);
-                ss.bind(new InetSocketAddress((InetAddress) null, 0), 1);
-
-                int port = ss.getLocalPort();
+            try {
+                int port = protocol.getPort();
                 if (!isQuarkusReservedPort(port)) {
                     String callerClassName = getCallerClassName();
                     String value = RESERVED_PORTS.putIfAbsent(port, callerClassName);
@@ -82,20 +89,34 @@ public static int getNextAvailable() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reserve a list of random and not in use network ports and place them in Map.
+     * Reserve a list of random and not in use TCP network ports and places them in Map.
      */
     public static Map<String, Integer> reserveNetworkPorts(String... names) {
         return reserveNetworkPorts(Function.identity(), names);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reserve a list of random and not in use network ports and place them in Map.
+     * Reserve a list of random and not in use network ports for the given protocol and places them in Map.
+     */
+    public static Map<String, Integer> reserveNetworkPorts(Protocol protocol, String... names) {
+        return reserveNetworkPorts(protocol, Function.identity(), names);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reserve a list of random and not in use TCP network ports and places them in Map.
      */
     public static <T> Map<String, T> reserveNetworkPorts(Function<Integer, T> converter, String... names) {
+        return reserveNetworkPorts(Protocol.TCP, converter, names);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reserve a list of random and not in use network ports for the given protocol and places them in Map.
+     */
+    public static <T> Map<String, T> reserveNetworkPorts(Protocol protocol, Function<Integer, T> converter, String... names) {
         Map<String, T> reservedPorts = new HashMap<>();
 
         for (String name : names) {
-            reservedPorts.put(name, converter.apply(getNextAvailable()));
+            reservedPorts.put(name, converter.apply(getNextAvailable(protocol)));
         }
 
         return reservedPorts;
@@ -139,4 +160,25 @@ private static void logWarningIfNativeApplication() {
                     + "Pass the reserved port to the native application under test with QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager or via an HTTP request");
         }
     }
+
+    public enum Protocol {
+        TCP,
+        UDP;
+
+        int getPort() throws IOException {
+            if (this.equals(TCP)) {
+                try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket()) {
+                    socket.setReuseAddress(true);
+                    socket.bind(null);
+                    return socket.getLocalPort();
+                }
+            }
+
+            try (DatagramSocket socket = new DatagramSocket()) {
+                // NOTE: There's no need for socket.bind as it happens during DatagramSocket instantiation
+                socket.setReuseAddress(true);
+                return socket.getLocalPort();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/netty/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/netty/udp/NettyUdpTestResource.java b/integration-tests/netty/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/netty/udp/NettyUdpTestResource.java
index 776c7af0b772..f05caea2459b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/netty/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/netty/udp/NettyUdpTestResource.java
+++ b/integration-tests/netty/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/netty/udp/NettyUdpTestResource.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.test.common.QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager;
 import org.apache.camel.quarkus.test.AvailablePortFinder;
+import org.apache.camel.quarkus.test.AvailablePortFinder.Protocol;
 
 public class NettyUdpTestResource implements QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager {
     @Override
     public Map<String, String> start() {
         return AvailablePortFinder.reserveNetworkPorts(
+                Protocol.UDP,
                 Objects::toString,
                 "camel.netty.test-udp-port",
                 "camel.netty.test-codec-udp-port",
diff --git a/integration-tests/syslog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/syslog/it/SyslogTestResource.java b/integration-tests/syslog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/syslog/it/SyslogTestResource.java
index d875db16dc0a..e42d4ff5015a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/syslog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/syslog/it/SyslogTestResource.java
+++ b/integration-tests/syslog/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/component/syslog/it/SyslogTestResource.java
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.test.common.QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager;
 import org.apache.camel.quarkus.test.AvailablePortFinder;
+import org.apache.camel.quarkus.test.AvailablePortFinder.Protocol;
 
 public class SyslogTestResource implements QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager {
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, String> start() {
-        return AvailablePortFinder.reserveNetworkPorts(Objects::toString, "camel.netty.rfc5425.port",
+        return AvailablePortFinder.reserveNetworkPorts(Protocol.UDP, Objects::toString, "camel.netty.rfc5425.port",
                 "camel.netty.rfc3164.port");
     }