diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
index a141bc27e384b..df2ab3edf07bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
@@ -938,16 +938,16 @@ jobs:
             } else {
               return branch
             }
+      - name: Get Quarkus version
+        id: get-quarkus-version
+        run: |
+          echo "quarkus-version=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Compile Quickstarts
         env:
           CAPTURE_BUILD_SCAN: true
         run: |
           git clone --depth=1 -b ${{ steps.get-quickstarts-branch.outputs.result }} https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus-quickstarts.git && cd quarkus-quickstarts
-          if [ "${{ steps.get-quickstarts-branch.outputs.result }}" != "development" ]; then
-             QUARKUS_VERSION_ARGS="-Dquarkus.platform.version=${{ steps.get-quickstarts-branch.outputs.result }}.999-SNAPSHOT"
-          else
-             QUARKUS_VERSION_ARGS=""
-          fi
+          QUARKUS_VERSION_ARGS="-Dquarkus.platform.version=${{ steps.get-quarkus-version.outputs.quarkus-version }}"
           export LANG=en_US && ./mvnw -e -B -fae --settings .github/mvn-settings.xml clean verify -DskipTests -Dquarkus.platform.group-id=io.quarkus $QUARKUS_VERSION_ARGS
       - name: Prepare build reports archive
         if: always()