diff --git a/examples/external-applications/pom.xml b/examples/external-applications/pom.xml
index b071b1302..2c6a8c7f3 100644
--- a/examples/external-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/external-applications/pom.xml
@@ -29,5 +29,10 @@
             <artifactId>quarkus-test-openshift</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus.qe</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-test-service-database</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/OpenShiftTodoDemoIT.java b/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/OpenShiftTodoDemoIT.java
index 7767b1190..7f8bc8bc0 100644
--- a/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/OpenShiftTodoDemoIT.java
+++ b/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/OpenShiftTodoDemoIT.java
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 package io.quarkus.qe;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
-
 import io.quarkus.test.scenarios.OpenShiftScenario;
 import io.quarkus.test.scenarios.annotations.DisabledOnNative;
 
-// TODO: enable when Quarkus TODO app migrates to Quarkus 3
-@Disabled("Disabled until Quarkus TODO app migrates to Quarkus 3")
 @DisabledOnNative(reason = "Native + s2i not supported")
 @OpenShiftScenario
 public class OpenShiftTodoDemoIT extends TodoDemoIT {
diff --git a/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/TodoDemoIT.java b/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/TodoDemoIT.java
index a85a0373a..399353ea4 100644
--- a/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/TodoDemoIT.java
+++ b/examples/external-applications/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qe/TodoDemoIT.java
@@ -1,48 +1,84 @@
 package io.quarkus.qe;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.MethodOrderer;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Order;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestMethodOrder;
 
+import io.quarkus.test.bootstrap.PostgresqlService;
 import io.quarkus.test.bootstrap.RestService;
 import io.quarkus.test.scenarios.QuarkusScenario;
 import io.quarkus.test.scenarios.annotations.DisabledOnNative;
+import io.quarkus.test.services.Container;
 import io.quarkus.test.services.GitRepositoryQuarkusApplication;
+import io.restassured.http.ContentType;
 
-// TODO: enable when Quarkus QuickStarts migrates to Quarkus 3
-@Disabled("Disabled until Quarkus 3 is released and TODO application migrates to it")
 @DisabledOnNative(reason = "This scenario is using uber-jar, so it's incompatible with Native")
 @QuarkusScenario
+@TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
 public class TodoDemoIT {
     private static final String REPO = "https://github.com/quarkusio/todo-demo-app.git";
     private static final String DEFAULT_ARGS = "-DskipTests=true -Dquarkus.platform.group-id=${QUARKUS_PLATFORM_GROUP-ID} -Dquarkus.platform.version=${QUARKUS_PLATFORM_VERSION} ";
     private static final String UBER = "-Dquarkus.package.jar.type=uber-jar ";
+    private static final String NO_SUFFIX = "-Dquarkus.package.jar.add-runner-suffix=false";
+
+    @Container(image = "${postgresql.image}", port = 5432, expectedLog = "is ready")
+    static PostgresqlService database = new PostgresqlService()
+            // store data in /tmp/psql as in OpenShift we don't have permissions to /var/lib/postgresql/data
+            .withProperty("PGDATA", "/tmp/psql");
 
     @GitRepositoryQuarkusApplication(repo = REPO, mavenArgs = DEFAULT_ARGS + UBER)
-    static final RestService app = new RestService();
+    static final RestService app = new RestService()
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.username", database.getUser())
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.password", database.getPassword())
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url", database::getJdbcUrl);
 
     @GitRepositoryQuarkusApplication(repo = REPO, artifact = "todo-backend-1.0-SNAPSHOT-runner.jar", mavenArgs = DEFAULT_ARGS
             + UBER)
-    static final RestService explicit = new RestService();
-
-    private static final String NO_SUFFIX = "-Dquarkus.package.add-runner-suffix=false";
+    static final RestService explicit = new RestService()
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.username", database.getUser())
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.password", database.getPassword())
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url", database::getJdbcUrl);
 
     @GitRepositoryQuarkusApplication(repo = REPO, artifact = "todo-backend-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar", mavenArgs = DEFAULT_ARGS + UBER
             + NO_SUFFIX)
-    static final RestService unsuffixed = new RestService();
+    static final RestService unsuffixed = new RestService()
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.username", database.getUser())
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.password", database.getPassword())
+            .withProperty("quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url", database::getJdbcUrl);
 
     @Test
+    @Order(1)
     public void verify() {
-        app.given().get().then().statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        app.given()
+                .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+                .body("{\"title\": \"Use Quarkus\", \"order\": 1, \"url\": \"https://quarkus.io\"}")
+                .post("/api")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_CREATED);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Order(2)
     public void verifyExplicitArtifact() {
-        explicit.given().get().then().statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        explicit.given()
+                .accept(ContentType.JSON)
+                .get("/api/1")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
+                .body("title", is("Use Quarkus"));
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Order(3)
     public void verifyNoSuffix() {
-        unsuffixed.given().get().then().statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
+        unsuffixed.given()
+                .pathParam("id", 1)
+                .delete("/api/{id}")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_NO_CONTENT);
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/external-applications/src/test/resources/test.properties b/examples/external-applications/src/test/resources/test.properties
index e534d2db6..0cd99677c 100644
--- a/examples/external-applications/src/test/resources/test.properties
+++ b/examples/external-applications/src/test/resources/test.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ts.appuberjar.openshift.template=/uber-jar-quarkus-s2i-source-build-template.yml
+ts.database.openshift.use-internal-service-as-url=true