diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 19ca0da5b980c..c7124486ae1f9 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <smallrye-health.version>3.2.0</smallrye-health.version>
         <smallrye-metrics.version>3.0.4</smallrye-metrics.version>
         <smallrye-open-api.version>2.1.22</smallrye-open-api.version>
-        <smallrye-graphql.version>1.4.3</smallrye-graphql.version>
+        <smallrye-graphql.version>1.4.4</smallrye-graphql.version>
         <smallrye-opentracing.version>2.1.0</smallrye-opentracing.version>
         <smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>5.3.1</smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>
         <smallrye-jwt.version>3.3.3</smallrye-jwt.version>
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfig.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfig.java
index 77c25710d9c0e..001fe712f0244 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfig.java
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ public class GraphQLClientConfig {
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "graphql-transport-ws")
     public Optional<List<String>> subprotocols;
 
+    /**
+     * If true, then queries and mutations will run over the websocket transport rather than pure HTTP.
+     * Off by default, because it has higher overhead.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    public Optional<Boolean> executeSingleResultOperationsOverWebsocket;
+
+    /**
+     * Maximum time in milliseconds that will be allowed to wait for the server to acknowledge a websocket connection
+     * (send a subprotocol-specific ACK message).
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    public Optional<Integer> websocketInitializationTimeout;
+
     /**
      * The trust store location. Can point to either a classpath resource or a file.
      */
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java
index c10faef75c091..79c6f9282c045 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/client/runtime/GraphQLClientConfigurationMergerBean.java
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ private GraphQLClientConfiguration toSmallRyeNativeConfiguration(GraphQLClientCo
         quarkusConfig.proxyUsername.ifPresent(transformed::setProxyUsername);
         quarkusConfig.proxyPassword.ifPresent(transformed::setProxyPassword);
         quarkusConfig.maxRedirects.ifPresent(transformed::setMaxRedirects);
+        quarkusConfig.executeSingleResultOperationsOverWebsocket
+                .ifPresent(transformed::setExecuteSingleOperationsOverWebsocket);
+        quarkusConfig.websocketInitializationTimeout.ifPresent(transformed::setWebsocketInitializationTimeout);
         return transformed;
     }