diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/catalog/processor/MetadataValue.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/catalog/processor/MetadataValue.java
index 8a0f53208f78c..0906bd9e943b7 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/catalog/processor/MetadataValue.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/catalog/processor/MetadataValue.java
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ public <T extends Enum<T>> T toEnum(Class<T> clazz, T defaultValue) {
         if (name == null) {
             return defaultValue;
         }
-        return T.valueOf(clazz, name.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT).replace('-', '_'));
+        try {
+            return T.valueOf(clazz, name.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT).replace('-', '_'));
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            return defaultValue;
+        }
     }
 
 }