diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index bf990288a987a..c47a6dfa1ccdf 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         <kotlin.version>1.8.10</kotlin.version>
         <kotlin.coroutine.version>1.6.4</kotlin.coroutine.version>
         <kotlin-serialization.version>1.5.0</kotlin-serialization.version>
-        <dekorate.version>3.5.2</dekorate.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
+        <dekorate.version>3.5.3</dekorate.version> <!-- Please check with Java Operator SDK team before updating -->
         <maven-invoker.version>3.2.0</maven-invoker.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
         <jboss-logmanager.version>1.1.1</jboss-logmanager.version>
diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ApplyContainerImageDecorator.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ApplyContainerImageDecorator.java
index 5613d31348e5d..6cdafae80faec 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ApplyContainerImageDecorator.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/ApplyContainerImageDecorator.java
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ private ConfigReference buildConfigReferenceForImage() {
             path = "spec.template.spec.containers.(name == " + getContainerName() + ").image";
         }
 
-        return new ConfigReference(property, path, image);
+        return new ConfigReference.Builder(property, path)
+                .withValue(image)
+                .withDescription("The container image to use.")
+                .build();
     }
 
 }