diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index fbbf4e3f737e9..03a619ddf401c 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <microprofile-jwt.version>1.2</microprofile-jwt.version>
         <microprofile-lra.version>1.0</microprofile-lra.version>
         <smallrye-common.version>1.13.0</smallrye-common.version>
-        <smallrye-config.version>2.11.0</smallrye-config.version>
+        <smallrye-config.version>2.11.1</smallrye-config.version>
         <smallrye-health.version>3.2.1</smallrye-health.version>
         <smallrye-metrics.version>3.0.5</smallrye-metrics.version>
         <smallrye-open-api.version>2.1.23</smallrye-open-api.version>
diff --git a/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/Cloud.java b/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/Cloud.java
index cffd9b6d8cd46..c9436f55f9c09 100644
--- a/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/Cloud.java
+++ b/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/Cloud.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 @Unremovable
 @ConfigMapping(prefix = "cloud")
+@Prod
 public interface Cloud {
     @WithParentName
     Server server();
diff --git a/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/Prod.java b/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/Prod.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6010a1f6925b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/Prod.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.smallrye.config;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import javax.validation.Constraint;
+import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
+import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext;
+import javax.validation.Payload;
+
+@Target({ ElementType.TYPE_USE, ElementType.FIELD })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Constraint(validatedBy = Prod.Validator.class)
+public @interface Prod {
+    String message() default "server is not prod";
+
+    Class<?>[] groups() default {};
+
+    Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {};
+
+    class Validator implements ConstraintValidator<Prod, Cloud> {
+        @Override
+        public boolean isValid(final Cloud value, final ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
+            return value.server().equals("prod");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/ServerResourceTest.java b/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/ServerResourceTest.java
index 5d96721359ff5..060c3bb661708 100644
--- a/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/ServerResourceTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/smallrye-config/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/smallrye/config/ServerResourceTest.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void invalid() {
         given().get("/server/validator/{prefix}", "cloud")
                 .then()
                 .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
-                .body("errors", hasSize(8))
+                .body("errors", hasSize(9))
                 .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.log.days must be less than or equal to 15"))
                 .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.cors.origins[1].port must be greater than or equal to 8000"))
                 .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.info.name size must be between 0 and 3"))
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ void invalid() {
                 .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.info.alias[0] size must be between 0 and 3"))
                 .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.info.admins.root[1].username size must be between 0 and 4"))
                 .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.info.firewall.accepted[1] size must be between 8 and 15"))
-                .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.proxy.timeout must be less than or equal to 10"));
+                .body("errors", hasItem("cloud.proxy.timeout must be less than or equal to 10"))
+                .body("errors", hasItem("server is not prod"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/jakarta/rewrite.yml b/jakarta/rewrite.yml
index b2beb4cae59d9..43b6a56673f5a 100644
--- a/jakarta/rewrite.yml
+++ b/jakarta/rewrite.yml
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ recipeList:
       newValue: 3.0
   - org.openrewrite.maven.ChangePropertyValue:
       key: smallrye-config.version
-      newValue: 3.0.0-RC3
+      newValue: 3.0.0-RC4
   - org.openrewrite.maven.ChangePropertyValue:
       key: smallrye-fault-tolerance.version
       newValue: 6.0.0-RC4