diff --git a/scripts/logic/build-quarkus-app.sh b/scripts/logic/build-quarkus-app.sh
index 095a3ee28..3c571c839 100755
--- a/scripts/logic/build-quarkus-app.sh
+++ b/scripts/logic/build-quarkus-app.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ quarkus_platform_groupid="${2}"
 quarkus_platform_version="${3}"
 kogito_version="${KOGITO_VERSION:-${4}}"
 
+# jboss-parent version to be injected as parent of serverless-workflow-project project
+jboss_parent_version="39"
+
 # arch specific dependencies
 quarkus_extensions_arch_specific="com.aayushatharva.brotli4j:native-linux-aarch64:1.8.0"
 # common extensions used by the kogito-swf-builder and kogito-swf-devmode
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ mvn ${MAVEN_OPTIONS} \
     -Dextensions="${quarkus_extensions}" \
     "${quarkus_platform_groupid}":quarkus-maven-plugin:"${quarkus_platform_version}":create
 
+# backup original pom
+cp serverless-workflow-project/pom.xml serverless-workflow-project/pom.xml.bak
+
 # Fix as we cannot rely on Quarkus platform
 # Should be removed once https://issues.redhat.com/browse/KOGITO-9120 is implemented
 if [ ! -z ${kogito_version} ]; then
@@ -89,7 +95,27 @@ if [ ! -z ${kogito_version} ]; then
     replace_3="        <version>${kogito_version}<\/version>\n"
     complete_replace="$replace_1$replace_2$replace_3"
 
-    sed -i.bak -e "/$pattern_1/{
+    sed -i -e "/$pattern_1/{
+        N;N;N
+        s/$complete_pattern/$complete_replace/
+        }" serverless-workflow-project/pom.xml
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z ${jboss_parent_version} ]; then
+    echo "Adding jboss-parent ${jboss_parent_version} as project parent"
+    # [ ]* -> is a regexp pattern to match any number of spaces
+    pattern_1="[ ]*<\/modelVersion>"
+    complete_pattern="$pattern_1"
+
+    replace_1="<\/modelVersion>\n"
+    replace_2="  <parent>\n"
+    replace_3="    <groupId>org.jboss<\/groupId>\n"
+    replace_4="    <artifactId>jboss-parent<\/artifactId>\n"
+    replace_5="    <version>${jboss_parent_version}<\/version>\n"
+    replace_6="  <\/parent>"
+    complete_replace="$replace_1$replace_2$replace_3$replace_4$replace_5$replace_6"
+
+    sed -i -e "/$pattern_1/{
         N;N;N
         s/$complete_pattern/$complete_replace/
         }" serverless-workflow-project/pom.xml