diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-smoke-test-quarkus-images.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-smoke-test-quarkus-images.yml
index e36da5ecd82b..03e5f66049c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-smoke-test-quarkus-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-smoke-test-quarkus-images.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,18 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-smoke-test-images.yml
-    with:
-      project: ":smoke-tests:images:quarkus"
-      cache-read-only: true
-      # Quarkus 3.7+ requires Java 17+
-      skip-java-8: true
-      skip-java-11: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Set tag
+        run: echo "TAG=$(date '+%Y%m%d').$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-smoke-test-images.yml
+        with:
+          project: ":smoke-tests:images:quarkus"
+          tag: ${{ env.TAG }}
+          cache-read-only: true
+          # Quarkus 3.7+ requires Java 17+
+          skip-java-8: true
+          skip-java-11: true
+
+      - name: Verify
+        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=other
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-smoke-test-images.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-smoke-test-images.yml
index 8f3857460494..2028df15d670 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-smoke-test-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-smoke-test-images.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ on:
       project:
         type: string
         required: true
+      tag:
+        type: string
+        required: true
       publish:
         type: boolean
         required: false
@@ -60,9 +63,6 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Set tag
-        run: echo "TAG=$(date '+%Y%m%d').$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Set up Gradle cache
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@d156388eb19639ec20ade50009f3d199ce1e2808 # v4.1.0
         with:
@@ -70,20 +70,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Java 8 Docker image
         if: "!inputs.skip-java-8"
-        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ env.TAG }} -PtargetJDK=8 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
+        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ inputs.tag }} -PtargetJDK=8 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
 
       - name: Build Java 11 Docker image
         if: "!inputs.skip-java-11"
-        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ env.TAG }} -PtargetJDK=11 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
+        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ inputs.tag }} -PtargetJDK=11 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
 
       - name: Build Java 17 Docker image
         if: "!inputs.skip-java-17"
-        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ env.TAG }} -PtargetJDK=17 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
+        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ inputs.tag }} -PtargetJDK=17 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
 
       - name: Build Java 21 Docker image
         if: "!inputs.skip-java-21"
-        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ env.TAG }} -PtargetJDK=21 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
+        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ inputs.tag }} -PtargetJDK=21 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
 
       - name: Build Java 23 Docker image
         if: "!inputs.skip-java-23"
-        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ env.TAG }} -PtargetJDK=23 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
+        run: ./gradlew ${{ inputs.project }}:${{ inputs.publish && 'jib' || 'jibDockerBuild' }} -Ptag=${{ inputs.tag }} -PtargetJDK=23 -Djib.httpTimeout=120000 -Djib.console=plain
diff --git a/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts
index 9ebd97770857..b35edffcd61c 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ jib {
   container {
     mainClass = "bogus" // to suppress Jib warning about missing main class
   }
+  pluginExtensions {
+    pluginExtension {
+      implementation = "com.google.cloud.tools.jib.gradle.extension.quarkus.JibQuarkusExtension"
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 tasks {
diff --git a/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/QuarkusSmokeTest.groovy b/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/QuarkusSmokeTest.groovy
index e8d87c20c527..b36e3c407071 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/QuarkusSmokeTest.groovy
+++ b/smoke-tests/src/test/groovy/io/opentelemetry/smoketest/QuarkusSmokeTest.groovy
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ import static io.opentelemetry.smoketest.TestContainerManager.useWindowsContaine
 @IgnoreIf({ useWindowsContainers() })
 class QuarkusSmokeTest extends SmokeTest {
 
+  private static final TAG = getTag()
+
+  private static String getTag() {
+    String tag = System.getenv("TAG")
+    return tag != null ? tag : "20211213.1574595137"
+  }
+
   protected String getTargetImage(String jdk) {
-    "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/smoke-test-quarkus:jdk$jdk-20211213.1574595137"
+    "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/smoke-test-quarkus:jdk$jdk-$TAG"
   }
 
   @Override