diff --git a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml
index 955c61039..08117d7dc 100644
--- a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/pom.xml
@@ -186,6 +186,18 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
+        <testResources>
+            <!-- Standard test resources without filtering to preserve runtime placeholders like ${avro.webhook.server.port} -->
+            <testResource>
+                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>false</filtering>
+            </testResource>
+            <!-- This is needed to provide maven filtering of the citrus-application.properties file so that we can keep the camel and camel-kamelets versions up to date -->
+            <testResource>
+                <directory>src/test/resources-filtered</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </testResource>
+        </testResources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/citrus-application.properties b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources-filtered/citrus-application.properties
similarity index 93%
rename from tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/citrus-application.properties
rename to tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources-filtered/citrus-application.properties
index 231a73612..970d0593b 100644
--- a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/citrus-application.properties
+++ b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources-filtered/citrus-application.properties
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ citrus.cluster.type=local
 citrus.camel.jbang.max.attempts=10
 
 # Camel JBang version (should align with version used in pom.xml)
-citrus.camel.jbang.version=4.20.0-SNAPSHOT
+citrus.camel.jbang.version=${camel.version}
 # Kamelets version (should point to the current snapshot release version)
-citrus.camel.jbang.kamelets.version=4.20.0-SNAPSHOT
+citrus.camel.jbang.kamelets.version=${project.version}
 
 # Enable dump of Camel JBang integration output
 citrus.camel.jbang.dump.integration.output=true
diff --git a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-data-type.citrus.it.yaml b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-data-type.citrus.it.yaml
index 657893b0f..b12643eda 100644
--- a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-data-type.citrus.it.yaml
+++ b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-data-type.citrus.it.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ name: avro-data-type-test
 variables:
   - name: "uuid"
     value: citrus:randomUUID()
+  - name: "camelVersion"
+    value: "citrus:systemProperty('citrus.camel.jbang.version')"
+  - name: "kameletsVersion"
+    value: "citrus:systemProperty('citrus.camel.jbang.kamelets.version')"
 actions:
+  - echo:
+      message: "Camel JBang version: ${camelVersion}"
+  - echo:
+      message: "Kamelets version: ${kameletsVersion}"
   - camel:
       jbang:
         run:
diff --git a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-serdes-action.citrus.it.yaml b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-serdes-action.citrus.it.yaml
index 9548ccaf0..d1d6f5355 100644
--- a/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-serdes-action.citrus.it.yaml
+++ b/tests/camel-kamelets-itest/src/test/resources/avro/avro-serdes-action.citrus.it.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ name: avro-serdes-action-test
 variables:
   - name: "uuid"
     value: citrus:randomUUID()
+  - name: "camelVersion"
+    value: "citrus:systemProperty('citrus.camel.jbang.version')"
+  - name: "kameletsVersion"
+    value: "citrus:systemProperty('citrus.camel.jbang.kamelets.version')"
 actions:
+  - echo:
+      message: "Camel JBang version: ${camelVersion}"
+  - echo:
+      message: "Kamelets version: ${kameletsVersion}"
   - camel:
       jbang:
         run: