diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/pom.xml b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3736b1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.camel.k</groupId>
+        <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-itests</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel.k</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-quarkus-direct</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-quarkus-log</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.camel.k</groupId>
+            <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-support</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- test dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-junit5</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${build-helper-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>reserve-network-port</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>reserve-network-port</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <portNames>
+                                <portName>test.http.port.jvm</portName>
+                                <portName>test.http.port.native</portName>
+                            </portNames>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${quarkus.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>build</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <systemProperties>
+                        <quarkus.http.test-port>${test.http.port.jvm}</quarkus.http.test-port>
+                        <java.util.logging.manager>org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager</java.util.logging.manager>
+                    </systemProperties>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/k/loader/kotlin/quarkus/Application.java b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/k/loader/kotlin/quarkus/Application.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8aa15f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/k/loader/kotlin/quarkus/Application.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.k.loader.kotlin.quarkus;
+
+import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
+import org.apache.camel.Consume;
+import org.apache.camel.k.loader.support.LoaderSupport;
+
+@Path("/test")
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class Application {
+    @Inject
+    CamelContext context;
+
+    @POST
+    @Path("/load-routes/{name}")
+    @Consume(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public JsonObject loadRoutes(@PathParam("name") String name, String code) throws Exception {
+        return LoaderSupport.inspectSource(context, name, "kts", code);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/main/resources/application.properties b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67b30b144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+## contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+## this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+## The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+## (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+## the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+##
+##      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+## limitations under the License.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#
+# Quarkus
+#
+quarkus.log.console.enable = true
+quarkus.banner.enabled     = false
+
+#
+# Quarkus :: Camel
+#
+quarkus.camel.routes-discovery.enabled = false
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/k/loader/kotlin/quarkus/KotlinLoaderTest.java b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/k/loader/kotlin/quarkus/KotlinLoaderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ce44c4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/k/loader/kotlin/quarkus/KotlinLoaderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.k.loader.kotlin.quarkus;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.DisabledOnNativeImage;
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import io.restassured.path.json.JsonPath;
+import org.apache.camel.util.IOHelper;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@Disabled("https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/11549")
+@DisabledOnNativeImage
+@QuarkusTest
+public class KotlinLoaderTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testLoadRoutes() throws IOException {
+        String code;
+
+        try (InputStream is = KotlinLoaderTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/routes.kts")) {
+            code = IOHelper.loadText(is);
+        }
+
+        JsonPath p = RestAssured.given()
+            .contentType(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+            .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+            .body(code)
+            .post("/test/load-routes/MyRoute")
+            .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+            .extract()
+                .body()
+                .jsonPath();
+
+        assertThat(p.getList("components", String.class)).contains("direct", "log");
+        assertThat(p.getList("routes", String.class)).contains("kotlin");
+        assertThat(p.getList("endpoints", String.class)).contains("direct://kotlin", "log://kotlin");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/test/resources/routes.kts b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/test/resources/routes.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fba70eee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin/src/test/resources/routes.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+from("direct:kotlin")
+    .routeId("kotlin")
+    .to("log:kotlin")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/pom.xml b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/pom.xml
index c886cd097..2ca69ea72 100644
--- a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-itests/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         <module>camel-k-quarkus-itests-knative</module>
         <module>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-support</module>
         <module>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-groovy</module>
+        <module>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-kotlin</module>
         <module>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-java</module>
         <module>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-js</module>
         <module>camel-k-quarkus-itests-loader-xml</module>
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/deployment/pom.xml b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/deployment/pom.xml
index 72bde54ad..6a0940fdf 100644
--- a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.camel.k</groupId>
             <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>camel-quarkus-kotlin-deployment</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/pom.xml b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/pom.xml
index fe98331ad..567a829d0 100644
--- a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@
 
     <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin-parent</artifactId>
 
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
     <modules>
         <module>runtime</module>
         <module>deployment</module>
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/runtime/pom.xml b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/runtime/pom.xml
index c80083aa8..c604cffdf 100644
--- a/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -27,32 +27,15 @@
 
     <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-loader-kotlin</artifactId>
 
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel.k</groupId>
             <artifactId>camel-k-loader-kotlin</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel.k</groupId>
             <artifactId>camel-k-quarkus-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>camel-quarkus-kotlin</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/camel-k-quarkus/pom.xml b/camel-k-quarkus/pom.xml
index 6c998ebad..33dfe27a1 100644
--- a/camel-k-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/camel-k-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>camel-quarkus-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/camel-k-runtime-example-quarkus-kotlin/pom.xml b/examples/camel-k-runtime-example-quarkus-kotlin/pom.xml
index 6b7d9fd2e..cae868a29 100644
--- a/examples/camel-k-runtime-example-quarkus-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-k-runtime-example-quarkus-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>camel-quarkus-bom</artifactId>