diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/codestart.yml b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/codestart.yml
index 5146e94641432..b3c1ee24a9fd3 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/codestart.yml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/codestart.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ language:
   base:
     data:
       maven:
-        version: 3.6.3
+        version: 3.8.1
         wrapper-version: 0.5.6
     shared-data:
       buildtool:
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/resources/fake-catalog.json b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/resources/fake-catalog.json
index 46076e7052458..dd93d3a54752d 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/resources/fake-catalog.json
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/resources/fake-catalog.json
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
         "gradle-plugin-id": "io.quarkus",
         "gradle-plugin-version": "999-FAKE",
         "supported-maven-versions": "[3.6.2,)",
-        "proposed-maven-version": "3.6.3",
+        "proposed-maven-version": "3.8.1",
         "maven-wrapper-version": "0.7.7",
         "gradle-wrapper-version": "6.8.3"
       }
@@ -322,4 +322,4 @@
     ]
   },
   "quarkus-core-version": "999-FAKE"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}