diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/UpdateProjectCommandHandler.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/UpdateProjectCommandHandler.java
index 612fef8f32b1c..2ad9299d5105d 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/UpdateProjectCommandHandler.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/commands/handlers/UpdateProjectCommandHandler.java
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ public QuarkusCommandOutcome execute(QuarkusCommandInvocation invocation) throws
 
     private static ArtifactCoords getProjectQuarkusPlatformBOM(ProjectState currentState) {
         for (ArtifactCoords c : currentState.getPlatformBoms()) {
-            if (c.getArtifactId().equals(ToolsConstants.DEFAULT_PLATFORM_BOM_ARTIFACT_ID)) {
+            if (c.getArtifactId().equals(ToolsConstants.DEFAULT_PLATFORM_BOM_ARTIFACT_ID)
+                    || c.getArtifactId().equals(ToolsConstants.UNIVERSE_PLATFORM_BOM_ARTIFACT_ID)) {
                 return c;
             }
         }
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/tools/ToolsConstants.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/tools/ToolsConstants.java
index 2cb2e39992b0b..7f41fda2b6e01 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/tools/ToolsConstants.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/platform/tools/ToolsConstants.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public interface ToolsConstants {
 
     String DEFAULT_PLATFORM_BOM_GROUP_ID = IO_QUARKUS + ".platform";
     String DEFAULT_PLATFORM_BOM_ARTIFACT_ID = "quarkus-bom";
+    String UNIVERSE_PLATFORM_BOM_ARTIFACT_ID = "quarkus-universe-bom";
 
     String PROP_QUARKUS_CORE_VERSION = "quarkus-core-version";