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 8620be2106740..beda98f33c169 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
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ public QuarkusCommandOutcome execute(QuarkusCommandInvocation invocation) throws
                     String rewritePluginVersion = invocation.getValue(UpdateProject.REWRITE_PLUGIN_VERSION,
                             fetchResult.getRewritePluginVersion());
                     boolean rewriteDryRun = invocation.getValue(UpdateProject.REWRITE_DRY_RUN, false);
-                    invocation.log().warn(
-                            "The update feature does not yet handle updates of the extension versions. If needed, update your extensions manually.");
                     QuarkusUpdateCommand.handle(
                             invocation.log(),
                             buildTool,
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdates.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdates.java
index cedfb6d0fb0d5..efda3dc62d0b0 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdates.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdates.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.ExtensionUpdateInfo;
 import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.ProjectExtensionsUpdateInfo;
 import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.rewrite.QuarkusUpdatesRepository.FetchResult;
+import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.rewrite.operations.DropDependencyVersionOperation;
 import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.rewrite.operations.UpdateDependencyVersionOperation;
 import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.rewrite.operations.UpdateJavaVersionOperation;
 import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.rewrite.operations.UpdatePropertyOperation;
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@ public static FetchResult createRecipe(MessageWriter log, Path target, MavenArti
                 .getSimpleVersionUpdates()) {
             if (versionUpdates.getVersionUpdateType()
                     .equals(ExtensionUpdateInfo.VersionUpdateType.RECOMMEND_PLATFORM_MANAGED)) {
-                // Dropping the version is not supported yet by open-rewrite: https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite/issues/3546
+                recipe.addOperation(new DropDependencyVersionOperation(
+                        versionUpdates.getCurrentDep().getArtifact().getGroupId(),
+                        versionUpdates.getCurrentDep().getArtifact().getArtifactId()));
             } else {
                 recipe.addOperation(new UpdateDependencyVersionOperation(
                         versionUpdates.getCurrentDep().getArtifact().getGroupId(),
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/operations/DropDependencyVersionOperation.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/operations/DropDependencyVersionOperation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..60eecb6c787d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/operations/DropDependencyVersionOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.rewrite.operations;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import io.quarkus.devtools.project.BuildTool;
+import io.quarkus.devtools.project.update.rewrite.RewriteOperation;
+
+public class DropDependencyVersionOperation implements RewriteOperation {
+
+    private final String groupId;
+    private final String artifactId;
+
+    public DropDependencyVersionOperation(String groupId, String artifactId) {
+        this.groupId = groupId;
+        this.artifactId = artifactId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, Object> single(BuildTool buildTool) {
+        switch (buildTool) {
+            // Gradle is not yet implemented: https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite/issues/3546
+            case MAVEN:
+                return Map.of("org.openrewrite.maven.RemoveRedundantDependencyVersions",
+                        Map.of(
+                                "groupId", groupId,
+                                "artifactId", artifactId));
+            default:
+                return Map.of();
+        }
+    }
+
+}