diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/reference/extensions/rest-openapi.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/reference/extensions/rest-openapi.adoc
index e87b100198af..957f609ad807 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/reference/extensions/rest-openapi.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/reference/extensions/rest-openapi.adoc
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ If `true`, Camel Quarkus OpenAPI code generation is run for .json files discover
 
 The package to use for generated model classes.
 | `string`
-| required icon:exclamation-circle[title=Configuration property is required]
+| `org.apache.camel.quarkus`
 
 |icon:lock[title=Fixed at build time] [[quarkus.camel.openapi.codegen.models]]`link:#quarkus.camel.openapi.codegen.models[quarkus.camel.openapi.codegen.models]`
 
diff --git a/extensions/rest-openapi/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/rest/openapi/runtime/RestOpenApiBuildTimeConfig.java b/extensions/rest-openapi/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/rest/openapi/runtime/RestOpenApiBuildTimeConfig.java
index 07206deba682..0e0dbfb3404c 100644
--- a/extensions/rest-openapi/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/rest/openapi/runtime/RestOpenApiBuildTimeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/rest-openapi/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/quarkus/rest/openapi/runtime/RestOpenApiBuildTimeConfig.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public static class CodeGenConfig {
         /**
          * The package to use for generated model classes.
          */
-        @ConfigItem
+        @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "org.apache.camel.quarkus")
         public String modelPackage;
 
         /**