diff --git a/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/README.md b/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/README.md
index f51cfc166f..d93404f37f 100644
--- a/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/README.md
+++ b/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/README.md
@@ -6,74 +6,108 @@ description: |
 ---
 # Spring Boot Sample
 
-This is a sample project to use Eclipse JKube plugins.
+This is an example of a Spring Boot Web application demonstrating the use of Eclipse JKube Maven Plugin to deploy Spring Boot applications to Kubernetes and OpenShift.
 
-**Notice:**
-> k8s:watch / oc:watch goal won't work as Spring devtools automatically
-> ignores projects named `spring-boot`, `spring-boot-devtools`, `spring-boot-autoconfigure`, `spring-boot-actuator`, 
-> `and spring-boot-starter`.
+> [!NOTE]
+> k8s:watch / oc:watch goal won't work as Spring devtools automatically ignores projects named `spring-boot`, `spring-boot-devtools`, `spring-boot-autoconfigure`, `spring-boot-actuator`, `and spring-boot-starter`.
+> 
+> To learn how to use Spring Devtools with Eclipse JKube, please refer to the [`spring-boot-watch` quickstart](../spring-boot-watch/README.md).
 
-### Steps to use
+This example consists of a single `@RestController` that returns a simple greeting message.
 
-Make sure that OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster or Minishift/Minikube is running. In case, if anything of this is not running, you can
-run Minishift/Minikube to test this application by using following command.
+It is built to showcase how to deploy Spring Boot applications, both native and JVM, to Kubernetes and OpenShift using Eclipse JKube.
+Let's start by checking the JVM build mode.
 
+## JVM build
 
+To build the application in JVM mode, run the following command:
 
-#### For OpenShift
-```
-minishift start
-```
-Below command will create your OpenShift resource descriptors.
-```
-mvn clean oc:resource -Popenshift
+```bash
+mvn clean package
 ```
 
-Now start S2I build  by hitting the build goal.
-```
-mvn package oc:build -Popenshift
+This command will build the application and create a JAR file in the `target` directory.
+
+To deploy the application to Kubernetes, run the following command:
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> In case it's a Minikube cluster you want to share the Docker registry first:
+> 
+> `eval $(minikube docker-env)`
+
+```bash
+mvn -Pkubernetes k8s:build k8s:resource k8s:apply
 ```
 
-Below command will deploy your application on OpenShift cluster.
+Once the application is deployed and ready, the list of pods should display something like:
+
+```bash
+$ kubectl get pods
+NAME                            READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
+spring-boot-5987c95fd6-phwv4    1/1     Running   0          22s
 ```
-mvn oc:deploy -Popenshift
+
+You can now access your application using cURL with the following command:
+
+```bash
+$ curl $(minikube ip):$(kubectl get svc spring-boot -n default -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[].nodePort}')
+Greetings from Spring Boot!!
 ```
 
-#### For Kubernetes
-Start your cluster:
+## Native Build
+
+To build the application in JVM mode, run the following command:
+
+```bash
+mvn -Pnative clean native:compile
 ```
-minikube start
+
+This command will build the application and create a JAR file in the `target` directory.
+
+To deploy the application to Kubernetes, run the following command:
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> In case it's a Minikube cluster you want to share the Docker registry first:
+>
+> `eval $(minikube docker-env)`
+
+```bash
+mvn -Pkubernetes k8s:build k8s:resource k8s:apply
 ```
-Below command will create your Kubernetes resource descriptors.
+
+Once the application is deployed and ready, the list of pods should display something like:
+
+```bash
+$ kubectl get pods
+NAME                            READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
+spring-boot-5987c95fd6-phwv4    1/1     Running   0          22s
 ```
-mvn clean k8s:resource -Pkubernetes
+
+You can now access your application using cURL with the following command:
+
+```bash
+$ curl $(minikube ip):$(kubectl get svc spring-boot -n default -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[].nodePort}')
+Greetings from Spring Boot!!
 ```
 
-Now start docker build  by hitting the build goal.
+## For OpenShift
+
 ```
-mvn package k8s:build -Pkubernetes
+minishift start
 ```
-
-Below command will deploy your application on Kubernetes cluster.
+Below command will create your OpenShift resource descriptors.
 ```
-mvn k8s:deploy -Pkubernetes
+mvn clean oc:resource -Popenshift
 ```
 
-Once deployed, you can see the pods running inside your Kubernetes cluster:
+Now start S2I build  by hitting the build goal.
 ```
-~/work/repos/jkube/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot : $ kubectl get pods
-NAME                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
-spring-boot-59b4bb66-j42fv   1/1     Running   0          94s
+mvn package oc:build -Popenshift
 ```
-You can try to access your application using `minikube service` command like this:
+
+Below command will deploy your application on OpenShift cluster.
 ```
-~/work/repos/jkube/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot : $ minikube service spring-boot
-|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|
-| NAMESPACE |    NAME     | TARGET PORT |            URL             |
-|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|
-| default   | spring-boot | http        | http://192.168.39.76:32429 |
-|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|
- Opening service default/spring-boot in default browser...
+mvn oc:deploy -Popenshift
 ```
 
 #### Generating Ingress for your generated Service
diff --git a/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/pom.xml b/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/pom.xml
index bd3ae7044a..ccc3e7fb29 100644
--- a/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/quickstarts/maven/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.17</version>
+    <version>3.4.1</version>
+    <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.jkube.quickstarts.maven</groupId>
@@ -36,51 +37,31 @@
   </description>
 
   <properties>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
     <jkube.version>${project.version}</jkube.version>
   </properties>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-      <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-      <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
   <dependencies>
-
-    <!-- Boot generator  -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jolokia</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jolokia-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
+        <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-
-
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -93,9 +74,7 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jkube</groupId>
             <artifactId>kubernetes-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>${jkube.version}</version>
-
             <configuration>
-
               <resources>
                 <labels>
                   <all>
@@ -103,11 +82,7 @@
                   </all>
                 </labels>
               </resources>
-
               <generator>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>spring-boot</include>
-                </includes>
                 <config>
                   <spring-boot>
                     <color>always</color>
@@ -115,9 +90,6 @@
                 </config>
               </generator>
               <enricher>
-                <excludes>
-                  <exclude>jkube-expose</exclude>
-                </excludes>
                 <config>
                   <jkube-service>
                     <type>NodePort</type>
@@ -125,16 +97,6 @@
                 </config>
               </enricher>
             </configuration>
-
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>resource</goal>
-                  <goal>build</goal>
-                  <goal>helm</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
@@ -147,7 +109,6 @@
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jkube</groupId>
             <artifactId>openshift-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>${jkube.version}</version>
-
             <configuration>
               <resources>
                 <labels>
@@ -156,11 +117,7 @@
                   </all>
                 </labels>
               </resources>
-
               <generator>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>spring-boot</include>
-                </includes>
                 <config>
                   <spring-boot>
                     <color>always</color>
@@ -168,9 +125,6 @@
                 </config>
               </generator>
               <enricher>
-                <excludes>
-                  <exclude>jkube-expose</exclude>
-                </excludes>
                 <config>
                   <jkube-service>
                     <type>NodePort</type>
@@ -178,15 +132,6 @@
                 </config>
               </enricher>
             </configuration>
-
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>resource</goal>
-                  <goal>build</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>