diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
index 47fa67d932ce2..63045ac0ab9f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ env:
   # Workaround testsuite locale issue
   LANG: en_US.UTF-8
   COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS: "-e -B --settings .github/mvn-settings.xml --fail-at-end"
-  NATIVE_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS: "-Dtest-containers -Dstart-containers -Dquarkus.native.native-image-xmx=5g -Dnative -Dnative.surefire.skip -Dformat.skip -Dno-descriptor-tests clean install -DskipDocs"
+  NATIVE_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS: "-Dtest-containers -Dstart-containers -Dquarkus.native.native-image-xmx=6g -Dnative -Dnative.surefire.skip -Dformat.skip -Dno-descriptor-tests clean install -DskipDocs"
   JVM_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS: "-Dtest-containers -Dstart-containers -Dformat.skip -DskipDocs -Dquarkus.test.hang-detection-timeout=60"
   DB_USER: hibernate_orm_test
   DB_PASSWORD: hibernate_orm_test
diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 12ba92c88e127..9bff60d9dfac4 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
         <kotlin.coroutine.version>1.7.3</kotlin.coroutine.version>
         <azure.toolkit-lib.version>0.27.0</azure.toolkit-lib.version>
         <kotlin-serialization.version>1.6.0</kotlin-serialization.version>
-        <dekorate.version>4.0.0</dekorate.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
+        <dekorate.version>4.0.3</dekorate.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
         <maven-invoker.version>3.2.0</maven-invoker.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
         <jboss-logmanager.version>3.0.2.Final</jboss-logmanager.version>
@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@
                 <artifactId>importmap</artifactId>
                 <version>${importmap.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            
+
             <!-- Additional dependencies, keep in alphabetical order -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>biz.paluch.logging</groupId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/deployment/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/deployment/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..913462707b124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension-deployment</artifactId>
+    <name>Quarkus - Integration Tests - Kubernetes Client Hack Extension - Deployment</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-core-deployment</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                        <path>
+                            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>quarkus-extension-processor</artifactId>
+                            <version>${project.version}</version>
+                        </path>
+                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>filtering-java-templates</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>filter-sources</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/client/deployment/NativeOverrides.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/client/deployment/NativeOverrides.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..91372ea46589e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/client/deployment/NativeOverrides.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.quarkus.kubernetes.client.deployment;
+
+import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageAllowIncompleteClasspathBuildItem;
+
+public class NativeOverrides {
+
+    @BuildStep
+    NativeImageAllowIncompleteClasspathBuildItem incompleteModel() {
+        return new NativeImageAllowIncompleteClasspathBuildItem("quarkus-kubernetes-client");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c29e01f59239c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-extensions-parent</artifactId>
+        <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+        <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../extensions/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension-parent</artifactId>
+    <name>Quarkus - Integration Tests - Kubernetes Client Hack Extension</name>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <modules>
+        <module>deployment</module>
+        <module>runtime</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/runtime/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/runtime/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a0278c43dafaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension</artifactId>
+    <name>Quarkus - Integration Tests - Kubernetes Client Hack Extension - Runtime</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                <artifactId>quarkus-extension-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <deployment>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}-deployment:${project.version}</deployment>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                        <path>
+                            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>quarkus-extension-processor</artifactId>
+                            <version>${project.version}</version>
+                        </path>
+                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..42eda1b64d7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client-hack-extension/runtime/src/main/resources/META-INF/quarkus-extension.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+artifact: ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}
+name: "Kubernetes Client Hack Extension"
+metadata:
+  keywords:
+    - "kubernetes-client"
+  guide: "https://quarkus.io/guides/kubernetes-client"
+  categories:
+    - "cloud"
+  status: "test"
+  config:
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes-client/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client/pom.xml
index e0d02c3760892..a08bd4306d397 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes-client/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,9 +22,24 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-kubernetes-config</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-openshift-client</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>openshift-model-operator</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>openshift-model-operator-hub</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
@@ -75,6 +90,19 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension-deployment</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-openshift-client-deployment</artifactId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/openshift-client/pom.xml b/integration-tests/openshift-client/pom.xml
index a3d35c28736c7..eef764d55f5e6 100644
--- a/integration-tests/openshift-client/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/openshift-client/pom.xml
@@ -13,15 +13,34 @@
     <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-openshift-client</artifactId>
     <name>Quarkus - Integration Tests - OpenShift Client</name>
 
+    <properties>
+        <quarkus.kubernetes-client.allow-incomplete-model>true</quarkus.kubernetes-client.allow-incomplete-model>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-resteasy-jackson</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-openshift-client</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>openshift-model-operator</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>openshift-model-operator-hub</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
@@ -51,6 +70,19 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Minimal test dependencies to *-deployment artifacts for consistent build order -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-kubernetes-client-hack-extension-deployment</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-openshift-client-deployment</artifactId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index b623b32388ee6..58ff872da1abd 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@
                 <module>amazon-lambda-http-resteasy</module>
                 <module>amazon-lambda-http-resteasy-reactive</module>
                 <module>container-image</module>
+                <module>kubernetes-client-hack-extension</module>
                 <module>kubernetes</module>
                 <module>kubernetes-client</module>
                 <module>kubernetes-client-devservices</module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7323a0c9aa8d..9f70dec9adab9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-        
+
         <graalvmHome>${env.GRAALVM_HOME}</graalvmHome>
         <postgres.url>jdbc:postgresql:hibernate_orm_test</postgres.url>
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
         <!-- Dependency versions -->
         <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
-        <kubernetes-client.version>6.8.1</kubernetes-client.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
+        <kubernetes-client.version>6.9.2</kubernetes-client.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
 
         <!-- Make sure to check compatibility between these 2 gRPC components before upgrade -->
         <grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version> <!-- when updating, verify if com.google.auth should not be updated too -->