diff --git a/quarkus/pom.xml b/quarkus/pom.xml
index d8f274df6d..ceb2e2c0d4 100644
--- a/quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <properties>
     <surefire-plugin.version>2.22.0</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <quarkus.version>0.13.1</quarkus.version>
+    <quarkus.version>0.15.0</quarkus.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
diff --git a/quarkus/src/main/java/com/baeldung/quarkus/HelloService.java b/quarkus/src/main/java/com/baeldung/quarkus/HelloService.java
index 4b19de1b63..4c505fbabe 100644
--- a/quarkus/src/main/java/com/baeldung/quarkus/HelloService.java
+++ b/quarkus/src/main/java/com/baeldung/quarkus/HelloService.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 public class HelloService {
 
     @ConfigProperty(name = "greeting")
-    private String greeting;
+    String greeting;
 
     public String politeHello(String name){
         return greeting + " " + name;