diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01bc31d4..a50d9528 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
 
         <junit.version>5.9.2</junit.version>
-        <fabric8-client.version>6.2.0</fabric8-client.version>
+        <fabric8-client.version>6.5.1</fabric8-client.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>5.2.0</mokito.version>
+        <mokito.version>5.2.0</mokito.version>
+        <dekorate.version>3.5.2</dekorate.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <auto-service.version>1.0.1</auto-service.version>
         <assertj.version>3.21.0</assertj.version>
@@ -64,7 +66,6 @@
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <spring-boot-dependencies.version>2.7.3</spring-boot-dependencies.version>
-        <dekorate.version>3.1.2</dekorate.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/samples/commons/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/commons/Utils.java b/samples/commons/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/commons/Utils.java
index f9680aa2..54e7680d 100644
--- a/samples/commons/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/commons/Utils.java
+++ b/samples/commons/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/commons/Utils.java
@@ -39,16 +39,21 @@ public static void applyAndWait(KubernetesClient client, InputStream is) {
     applyAndWait(client, is, null);
   }
 
-  public static void applyAndWait(KubernetesClient client, InputStream is,
-      UnaryOperator<HasMetadata> transfor) {
-    var resources = client.load(is).get();
-    if (transfor != null) {
-      resources = resources.stream().map(transfor).collect(Collectors.toList());
+  public static void applyAndWait(KubernetesClient client, List<HasMetadata> resources,
+      UnaryOperator<HasMetadata> transformer) {
+    if (transformer != null) {
+      resources = resources.stream().map(transformer).collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
-    client.resourceList(resources).createOrReplace();
+    client.resourceList(resources).create();
     client.resourceList(resources).waitUntilReady(3, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
   }
 
+  public static void applyAndWait(KubernetesClient client, InputStream is,
+      UnaryOperator<HasMetadata> transformer) {
+    var resources = client.load(is).items();
+    applyAndWait(client, resources, transformer);
+  }
+
   public static void addRequiredLabels(Ingress ingress) {
     ingress.getMetadata().setLabels(Map.of(VALIDATION_TARGET_LABEL, "val"));
   }
diff --git a/samples/quarkus/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/QuarkusWebhooksE2E.java b/samples/quarkus/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/QuarkusWebhooksE2E.java
index be210d9b..210014f2 100644
--- a/samples/quarkus/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/QuarkusWebhooksE2E.java
+++ b/samples/quarkus/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/webhook/sample/QuarkusWebhooksE2E.java
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.webhook.sample;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientBuilder;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.webhook.sample.commons.Utils;
 
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.webhook.sample.commons.Utils.addConversionHookEndpointToCustomResource;
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.webhook.sample.commons.Utils.applyAndWait;
@@ -32,4 +34,24 @@ static void deployService() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  // quarkus support uses an older version, these should be removed if quarkus will support newer
+  // version of fabric8
+  private static void applyAndWait(KubernetesClient client, InputStream is) {
+    var resources = client.load(is).get();
+    Utils.applyAndWait(client, resources, null);
+  }
+
+  private static void applyAndWait(KubernetesClient client, String file) {
+    applyAndWait(client, file, null);
+  }
+
+  private static void applyAndWait(KubernetesClient client, String file,
+      UnaryOperator<HasMetadata> transformer) {
+    try (var fis = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+      var resources = client.load(fis).get();
+      Utils.applyAndWait(client, resources, transformer);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/samples/spring-boot/pom.xml b/samples/spring-boot/pom.xml
index 45ff2669..182ce808 100644
--- a/samples/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@
 			<artifactId>reactor-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.dekorate</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kubernetes-spring-starter</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.dekorate</groupId>
-			<artifactId>certmanager-annotations</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.dekorate</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jib-annotations</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kubernetes-webhooks-framework-core</artifactId>
@@ -84,15 +72,21 @@
 			<groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk.admissioncontroller.sample</groupId>
 			<artifactId>sample-commons</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<artifactId>kubernetes-client</artifactId>
-					<groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.dekorate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kubernetes-spring-starter</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.dekorate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>certmanager-annotations</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.dekorate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jib-annotations</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>