diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KnativeConfig.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KnativeConfig.java
index 940551d441e451..303fbe7edd86e9 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KnativeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KnativeConfig.java
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ public class KnativeConfig implements PlatformConfiguration {
      * The name of the application. This value will be used for naming Kubernetes
      * resources like: - Deployment - Service and so on ...
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "${quarkus.container-image.name}")
+    @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> name;
 
     /**
      * The version of the application.
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "${quarkus.container-image.tag}")
+    @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> version;
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java
index d5fd0a1782ad79..562e0ec70e1768 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/KubernetesConfig.java
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ public enum DeploymentResourceKind {
      * The name of the application. This value will be used for naming Kubernetes
      * resources like: - Deployment - Service and so on ...
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "${quarkus.container-image.name}")
+    @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> name;
 
     /**
      * The version of the application.
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "${quarkus.container-image.tag}")
+    @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> version;
     /**
      * The kind of the deployment resource to use.
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftConfig.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftConfig.java
index 6f731816ac42a2..2f0443b148eddf 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/OpenshiftConfig.java
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ public static enum DeploymentResourceKind {
      * The name of the application. This value will be used for naming Kubernetes
      * resources like: 'Deployment', 'Service' and so on...
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "${quarkus.container-image.name}")
+    @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> name;
 
     /**
      * The version of the application.
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "${quarkus.container-image.tag}")
+    @ConfigItem
     Optional<String> version;
 
     /**
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithDefaultApplicationVersionTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithDefaultApplicationVersionTest.java
index 2e547bb0d6415f..ef9e283164db22 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithDefaultApplicationVersionTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithDefaultApplicationVersionTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 public class KubernetesWithDefaultApplicationVersionTest {
 
     private static final String APP_NAME = "kubernetes-with-default-application-version";
-    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "latest";
+    private static final String EXPECTED_LABEL_VERSION = "<<unset>>";
+    private static final String EXPECTED_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION = "latest";
 
     @RegisterExtension
     static final QuarkusProdModeTest config = new QuarkusProdModeTest()
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
             assertThat(d.getMetadata()).satisfies(m -> {
                 assertThat(m.getName()).isEqualTo(APP_NAME);
                 assertThat(m.getLabels()).contains(entry("app.kubernetes.io/name", APP_NAME),
-                        entry("app.kubernetes.io/version", EXPECTED_VERSION));
+                        entry("app.kubernetes.io/version", EXPECTED_LABEL_VERSION));
             });
 
             assertThat(d.getSpec()).satisfies(deploymentSpec -> {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                     assertThat(t.getSpec()).satisfies(podSpec -> {
                         assertThat(podSpec.getContainers()).singleElement().satisfies(container -> {
                             // then, we should use `latest` and not `<< unset >>` which gives an exception.
-                            assertThat(container.getImage()).endsWith(APP_NAME + ":" + EXPECTED_VERSION);
+                            assertThat(container.getImage()).endsWith(APP_NAME + ":" + EXPECTED_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION);
                         });
                     });
                 });
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithHealthAndJibTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithHealthAndJibTest.java
index fb3d08f1fd02b4..d5b0d4cf6270ce 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithHealthAndJibTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithHealthAndJibTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ public class KubernetesWithHealthAndJibTest {
             .setApplicationVersion("0.1-SNAPSHOT")
             .setRun(true)
             .setLogFileName("k8s.log")
-            .withConfigurationResource("kubernetes-with-health-and-jib.properties")
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.http.port", "9000")
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.container-image.name", "with-health-and-jib")
             .setForcedDependencies(List.of(
                     Dependency.of("io.quarkus", "quarkus-smallrye-health", Version.getVersion()),
                     Dependency.of("io.quarkus", "quarkus-container-image-jib", Version.getVersion())));
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                 .deserializeAsList(kubernetesDir.resolve("kubernetes.yml"));
         assertThat(kubernetesList.get(0)).isInstanceOfSatisfying(Deployment.class, d -> {
             assertThat(d.getMetadata()).satisfies(m -> {
-                assertThat(m.getName()).isEqualTo("with-health-and-jib");
+                assertThat(m.getName()).isEqualTo("health-and-jib");
             });
 
             assertThat(d.getSpec()).satisfies(deploymentSpec -> {
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/kubernetes-with-health-and-jib.properties b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/kubernetes-with-health-and-jib.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 58f175a00a1014..00000000000000
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/kubernetes-with-health-and-jib.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-quarkus.http.port=9090
-quarkus.container-image.name=with-health-and-jib