diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 925c4277f..d1e794212 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
         <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus</quarkus.platform.group-id>
         <quarkus.platform.version>999-SNAPSHOT</quarkus.platform.version>
-        <quarkus.qe.framework.version>1.1.0.Final</quarkus.qe.framework.version>
+        <quarkus.qe.framework.version>1.2.0.Beta1</quarkus.qe.framework.version>
         <quarkus-qpid-jms.version>0.32.0</quarkus-qpid-jms.version>
         <quarkus-ide-config.version>2.6.1.Final</quarkus-ide-config.version>
         <apache-httpclient-fluent.version>4.5.13</apache-httpclient-fluent.version>
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         <camel-quarkus-bom.version>2.7.1</camel-quarkus-bom.version>
         <quarkiverse.config.version>1.0.2</quarkiverse.config.version>
         <smallrye-stork.version>1.1.2</smallrye-stork.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.21.0</assertj.version>
         <profile.id>jvm</profile.id>
         <!-- S2i configuration -->
         <ts.global.s2i.quarkus.jvm.builder.image>registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:latest</ts.global.s2i.quarkus.jvm.builder.image>
@@ -101,6 +102,12 @@
                 <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
                 <version>${jjwt.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+                <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+                <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>