diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-dev.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-dev.adoc
index da18d483ff..914816a88f 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-dev.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-dev.adoc
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ spec:
 
 NOTE: make sure the overall content fits into 1 MiB, which is the storage limit for a Custom Resource.
 
-This is a way to handle multiple version on Kubernetes and may not be supported out of the box by Camel core. If the Integration will require specifically to use `kamelet:my-timer-source?version=v2`, then, the operator will mount properly the specification on the running application.
+This is a way to handle multiple version on Kubernetes and may not be supported out of the box by Camel core. If the Integration will require specifically to use `kamelet:my-timer-source?kameletVersion=v2`, then, the operator will mount properly the specification on the running application.
 
 == Kamelet data types
 
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-user.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-user.adoc
index 5c84142192..d39814ced0 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-user.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/kamelets/kamelets-user.adoc
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Kamelets provided in a catalog are generally meant to work with a given runtime
 .kamlet-namedconfig-route.yaml
 ----
 - from:
-    uri: "timer:tick?version=v2"
+    uri: "timer:tick?kameletVersion=v2"
     steps:
       - to: "log:info"
 ----
diff --git a/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-main.yaml b/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-main.yaml
index cbda8d96c5..6dc2d08f2e 100644
--- a/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-main.yaml
+++ b/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+# camel-k: language=yaml
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 - from:
     uri: "kamelet:my-timer-source"
     steps:
diff --git a/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-v1.yaml b/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-v1.yaml
index 8f4a0ab7b3..1daf658909 100644
--- a/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-v1.yaml
+++ b/e2e/common/traits/files/kamelet-it-v1.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+# camel-k: language=yaml
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 - from:
     uri: "kamelet:my-timer-source?version=v1"
     steps:
diff --git a/e2e/common/traits/files/my-timer-source.kamelet.yaml b/e2e/common/traits/files/my-timer-source.kamelet.yaml
index f291e1a110..c389d36487 100644
--- a/e2e/common/traits/files/my-timer-source.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/e2e/common/traits/files/my-timer-source.kamelet.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
 kind: Kamelet
 metadata:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/kamelet_types.go b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/kamelet_types.go
index 7bc28652a4..5279f93752 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/camel/v1/kamelet_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/camel/v1/kamelet_types.go
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ var (
 	reservedKameletNames = map[string]bool{"source": true, "sink": true}
 	// KameletIDProperty used to identify.
 	KameletIDProperty = "id"
+	// KameletVersionProperty used to specify the version to use.
+	KameletVersionProperty = "kameletVersion"
 )
 
 // +genclient
diff --git a/pkg/trait/kamelets.go b/pkg/trait/kamelets.go
index 01a563034f..8e861c5d33 100644
--- a/pkg/trait/kamelets.go
+++ b/pkg/trait/kamelets.go
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ const (
 	kameletMountPointAnnotation = "camel.apache.org/kamelet.mount-point"
 )
 
+var kameletVersionProperty = fmt.Sprintf("?%s=", v1.KameletVersionProperty)
+
 type kameletsTrait struct {
 	BaseTrait
 	traitv1.KameletsTrait `property:",squash"`
@@ -181,8 +183,8 @@ func (t *kameletsTrait) addKamelets(e *Environment) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	kb := newKameletBundle()
-	for version, kamelet := range kamelets {
-		if err := t.addKameletAsSource(e, kamelet, version); err != nil {
+	for _, kamelet := range kamelets {
+		if err := t.addKameletAsSource(e, kamelet); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		// Adding dependencies from Kamelets
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ func (t *kameletsTrait) addKamelets(e *Environment) error {
 // This func will add a Kamelet as a generated Integration source. The source included here is going to be used in order to parse the Kamelet
 // for any component or capability (ie, rest) which is included in the Kamelet spec itself. However, the generated source is marked as coming `FromKamelet`.
 // When mounting the sources, these generated sources won't be mounted as sources but as Kamelet instead.
-func (t *kameletsTrait) addKameletAsSource(e *Environment, kamelet *v1.Kamelet, version string) error {
+func (t *kameletsTrait) addKameletAsSource(e *Environment, kamelet *v1.Kamelet) error {
 	sources := make([]v1.SourceSpec, 0)
 
 	if kamelet.Spec.Template != nil {
@@ -281,8 +283,8 @@ func getKameletKey(item string, withVersion bool) string {
 	if strings.Contains(i, "/") {
 		i = strings.SplitN(i, "/", 2)[0]
 	}
-	if strings.Contains(i, "?version=") {
-		versionedKamelet := strings.SplitN(i, "?version=", 2)
+	if strings.Contains(i, kameletVersionProperty) {
+		versionedKamelet := strings.SplitN(i, kameletVersionProperty, 2)
 		if withVersion {
 			i = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", versionedKamelet[0], versionedKamelet[1])
 		} else {
@@ -293,8 +295,8 @@ func getKameletKey(item string, withVersion bool) string {
 }
 
 func getKameletVersion(item string) string {
-	if strings.Contains(item, "?version=") {
-		versionedKamelet := strings.SplitN(item, "?version=", 2)
+	if strings.Contains(item, fmt.Sprintf("?%s=", v1.KameletVersionProperty)) {
+		versionedKamelet := strings.SplitN(item, kameletVersionProperty, 2)
 		return versionedKamelet[1]
 	}
 	return ""
diff --git a/pkg/trait/kamelets_test.go b/pkg/trait/kamelets_test.go
index b8937aa6d5..161ac3714f 100644
--- a/pkg/trait/kamelets_test.go
+++ b/pkg/trait/kamelets_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestConfigurationWithKamelets(t *testing.T) {
     uri: kamelet:c1
     steps:
     - to: kamelet:c2
-    - to: kamelet:c3?version=v1
+    - to: kamelet:c3?kameletVersion=v1
     - to: telegram:bots
     - to: kamelet://c0?prop=x
     - to: kamelet://complex-.-.-1a?prop=x&prop2
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func TestNonYAMLKameletLookup(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMultipleKamelets(t *testing.T) {
 	trait, environment := createKameletsTestEnvironment(`
 - from:
-    uri: kamelet:timer?version=v1
+    uri: kamelet:timer?kameletVersion=v1
     steps:
     - to: kamelet:logger
 `, &v1.Kamelet{
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func TestMultipleKamelets(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, enabled)
 	assert.Nil(t, condition)
-	assert.Equal(t, "logger,timer?version=v1", trait.List)
+	assert.Equal(t, "logger,timer?kameletVersion=v1", trait.List)
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"logger", "timer"}, trait.getKameletKeys(false))
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"logger", "timer-v1"}, trait.getKameletKeys(true))
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/bindings/bindings_test.go b/pkg/util/bindings/bindings_test.go
index f1e06b7a04..eeff83b805 100644
--- a/pkg/util/bindings/bindings_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/bindings/bindings_test.go
@@ -163,6 +163,24 @@ func TestBindings(t *testing.T) {
 				"camel.kamelet.mykamelet.sink.mymessage":   "myval",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			endpointType: v1.EndpointTypeSink,
+			endpoint: v1.Endpoint{
+				Ref: &corev1.ObjectReference{
+					Kind:       "Kamelet",
+					APIVersion: "camel.apache.org/v1any1",
+					Name:       "mykamelet",
+				},
+				Properties: asEndpointProperties(map[string]string{
+					"mymessage":      "myval",
+					"kameletVersion": "v1",
+				}),
+			},
+			uri: "kamelet:mykamelet/sink?kameletVersion=v1",
+			props: map[string]string{
+				"camel.kamelet.mykamelet.sink.mymessage": "myval",
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			endpoint: v1.Endpoint{
 				Ref: &corev1.ObjectReference{
diff --git a/pkg/util/bindings/kamelet.go b/pkg/util/bindings/kamelet.go
index 300207bad9..d1001c87ed 100644
--- a/pkg/util/bindings/kamelet.go
+++ b/pkg/util/bindings/kamelet.go
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ func (k BindingConverter) ID() string {
 }
 
 // Translate --.
-//
-//nolint:dupl
 func (k BindingConverter) Translate(ctx BindingContext, endpointCtx EndpointContext, e v1.Endpoint) (*Binding, error) {
 	if e.Ref == nil {
 		// works only on refs
@@ -71,6 +69,12 @@ func (k BindingConverter) Translate(ctx BindingContext, endpointCtx EndpointCont
 	} else {
 		id = endpointCtx.GenerateID()
 	}
+	version, versionPresent := props[v1.KameletVersionProperty]
+	if versionPresent {
+		delete(props, v1.KameletVersionProperty)
+	}
+
+	kameletTranslated := getKameletName(kameletName, id, version)
 
 	binding := Binding{}
 	binding.ApplicationProperties = make(map[string]string)
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ func (k BindingConverter) Translate(ctx BindingContext, endpointCtx EndpointCont
 
 		steps = append(steps, map[string]interface{}{
 			"kamelet": map[string]interface{}{
-				"name": fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", kameletName, url.PathEscape(id)),
+				"name": kameletTranslated,
 			},
 		})
 
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ func (k BindingConverter) Translate(ctx BindingContext, endpointCtx EndpointCont
 			}
 		}
 
-		binding.URI = fmt.Sprintf("kamelet:%s/%s", kameletName, url.PathEscape(id))
+		binding.URI = fmt.Sprintf("kamelet:%s", kameletTranslated)
 	case v1.EndpointTypeSink:
 		if in, applicationProperties := k.DataTypeStep(e, id, v1.TypeSlotIn, dataTypeActionKamelet); in != nil {
 			binding.Step = in
@@ -135,14 +139,22 @@ func (k BindingConverter) Translate(ctx BindingContext, endpointCtx EndpointCont
 			}
 		}
 
-		binding.URI = fmt.Sprintf("kamelet:%s/%s", kameletName, url.PathEscape(id))
+		binding.URI = fmt.Sprintf("kamelet:%s", kameletTranslated)
 	default:
-		binding.URI = fmt.Sprintf("kamelet:%s/%s", kameletName, url.PathEscape(id))
+		binding.URI = fmt.Sprintf("kamelet:%s", kameletTranslated)
 	}
 
 	return &binding, nil
 }
 
+func getKameletName(name, id, version string) string {
+	kamelet := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", name, url.PathEscape(id))
+	if version != "" {
+		kamelet = fmt.Sprintf("%s?%s=%s", kamelet, v1.KameletVersionProperty, version)
+	}
+	return kamelet
+}
+
 // DataTypeStep --.
 func (k BindingConverter) DataTypeStep(e v1.Endpoint, id string, typeSlot v1.TypeSlot, dataTypeActionKamelet string) (map[string]interface{}, map[string]string) {
 	if e.DataTypes == nil {
@@ -193,8 +205,6 @@ func (k V1alpha1BindingConverter) ID() string {
 
 // Translate -- .
 // Deprecated.
-//
-//nolint:dupl
 func (k V1alpha1BindingConverter) Translate(ctx V1alpha1BindingContext, endpointCtx V1alpha1EndpointContext, e v1alpha1.Endpoint) (*Binding, error) {
 	if e.Ref == nil {
 		// works only on refs
diff --git a/pkg/util/source/kamelet.go b/pkg/util/source/kamelet.go
index 50a0729395..d44f542a2c 100644
--- a/pkg/util/source/kamelet.go
+++ b/pkg/util/source/kamelet.go
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ package source
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+
+	v1 "github.com/apache/camel-k/v2/pkg/apis/camel/v1"
 )
 
 var kameletNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("kamelet:(?://)?([a-z0-9-.]+(/[a-z0-9-.]+)?)(?:$|[^a-z0-9-.].*)")
-var kameletVersionRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("version=([a-z0-9-.]+)")
+var kameletVersionRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(v1.KameletVersionProperty + "=([a-z0-9-.]+)")
 
 func ExtractKamelets(uris []string) []string {
 	var kamelets []string
diff --git a/pkg/util/source/kamelet_test.go b/pkg/util/source/kamelet_test.go
index ad9beace0a..173183c2d3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/source/kamelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/source/kamelet_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ func TestExtractKamelets(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-test", ExtractKamelet("kamelet:my-test?"))
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-test", ExtractKamelet("kamelet:my-test?option=1"))
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-test", ExtractKamelet("kamelet:my-test?option=1&opt2=2"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-test?version=v1", ExtractKamelet("kamelet:my-test?option=1&opt2=2&version=v1"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-test?version=v1", ExtractKamelet("kamelet:my-test?version=v1"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "my-test?kameletVersion=v1", ExtractKamelet("kamelet:my-test?option=1&opt2=2&kameletVersion=v1"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "my-test?kameletVersion=v1", ExtractKamelet("kamelet:my-test?kameletVersion=v1"))
 }