diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index f9f59ab250078..df4c57bfc3352 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <smallrye-health.version>3.1.1</smallrye-health.version>
         <smallrye-metrics.version>3.0.1</smallrye-metrics.version>
         <smallrye-open-api.version>2.1.10</smallrye-open-api.version>
-        <smallrye-graphql.version>1.3.1</smallrye-graphql.version>
+        <smallrye-graphql.version>1.3.2</smallrye-graphql.version>
         <smallrye-opentracing.version>2.0.1</smallrye-opentracing.version>
         <smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>5.2.1</smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>
         <smallrye-jwt.version>3.2.1</smallrye-jwt.version>
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java
index b14d2983bc62a..20eb364655d00 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@
  * On startup, this beans takes Quarkus-specific configuration of GraphQL clients (quarkus.* properties)
  * and merges this configuration with the configuration parsed by SmallRye GraphQL itself (CLIENT/mp-graphql/* properties)
  *
- * The resulting merged configuration resides in the application-scoped `io.smallrye.graphql.client.GraphQLClientConfiguration`
+ * The resulting merged configuration resides in `io.smallrye.graphql.client.GraphQLClientsConfiguration`
  *
  * Quarkus configuration overrides SmallRye configuration where applicable.
  */
 @Singleton
 public class GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean {
 
-    @Inject
     GraphQLClientsConfiguration upstreamConfiguration;
 
     @Inject
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ public class GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean {
 
     @PostConstruct
     void enhanceGraphQLConfiguration() {
+        upstreamConfiguration = GraphQLClientsConfiguration.getInstance();
         for (Map.Entry<String, GraphQLClientConfig> client : quarkusConfiguration.clients.entrySet()) {
             // the raw config key provided in the config, this might be a short class name,
             // so translate that into the fully qualified name if applicable
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ void enhanceGraphQLConfiguration() {
 
             GraphQLClientConfig quarkusConfig = client.getValue();
             // if SmallRye configuration does not contain this client, simply use it
-            if (!upstreamConfiguration.getClients().containsKey(configKey)) {
+            if (upstreamConfiguration.getClient(configKey) == null) {
                 GraphQLClientConfiguration transformed = new GraphQLClientConfiguration();
                 transformed.setHeaders(quarkusConfig.headers);
                 quarkusConfig.url.ifPresent(transformed::setUrl);
-                upstreamConfiguration.getClients().put(configKey, transformed);
+                upstreamConfiguration.addClient(configKey, transformed);
             } else {
                 // if SmallRye configuration already contains this client, override it with the Quarkus configuration
-                GraphQLClientConfiguration upstreamConfig = upstreamConfiguration.getClients().get(configKey);
+                GraphQLClientConfiguration upstreamConfig = upstreamConfiguration.getClient(configKey);
                 quarkusConfig.url.ifPresent(upstreamConfig::setUrl);
                 // merge the headers
                 if (quarkusConfig.headers != null) {
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java
index 041c43129fd9c..a7bffb28e752a 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLClientRecorder.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ public <T> Supplier<T> typesafeClientSupplier(Class<T> targetClassName) {
     }
 
     public void setTypesafeApiClasses(List<String> apiClassNames) {
-        GraphQLClientsConfiguration configBean = Arc.container().instance(GraphQLClientsConfiguration.class).get();
+        GraphQLClientsConfiguration.setSingleApplication(true);
+        GraphQLClientsConfiguration configBean = GraphQLClientsConfiguration.getInstance();
         List<Class<?>> classes = apiClassNames.stream().map(className -> {
             try {
                 return Class.forName(className, true, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public void setTypesafeApiClasses(List<String> apiClassNames) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
         }).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        configBean.apiClasses(classes, true);
+        configBean.addTypesafeClientApis(classes);
     }
 
     public RuntimeValue<GraphQLClientSupport> clientSupport(Map<String, String> shortNamesToQualifiedNames) {