diff --git a/changelog/fragments/01-bump-java-operator-plugins.yaml b/changelog/fragments/01-bump-java-operator-plugins.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41ce880ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/01-bump-java-operator-plugins.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# entries is a list of entries to include in
+# release notes and/or the migration guide
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      (java/v1alpha) bumping the java-operator-plugins dependency to v0.3.0.
+      This release includes the following items.
+
+      ### Bug Fixes
+      - chore: update to JOSDK extension 3.0.4 and Quarkus 2.7.3 (Fixes issue 74)
+
+    # kind is one of:
+    # - addition
+    # - change
+    # - deprecation
+    # - removal
+    # - bugfix
+    kind: "bugfix"
+
+    # Is this a breaking change?
+    breaking: false
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 771ca72383..84fd14ba75 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.17.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.14.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.9
-	github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.2.0
+	github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.3.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.10.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.19.5
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bc2070d223..1f66344d94 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ github.com/operator-framework/api v0.14.0 h1:5nk8fQL8l+dDxi11hZi0T7nqhhoIQLn+qL2
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.14.0/go.mod h1:r/erkmp9Kc1Al4dnxmRkJYc0uCtD5FohN9VuJ5nTxz0=
 github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.9 h1:G5aBY5sPrNXcRiKLpAaBMOYm7q0+qCmk9XWOAL/ZJuc=
 github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.9/go.mod h1:LFi/PUYE+xA5ubF3ZrleYE1Ez7cphJzSYpjHAyLiNwQ=
-github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.2.0 h1:nIc3/pmH9j9lA6IzcnBBOl1D1V7XFculETUJrucOcrk=
-github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.2.0/go.mod h1:38ZUfA6J5JQjPZLQJZKyXE3v+t91mpJ2utAtVCDQTY0=
+github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.3.0 h1:K+gdg1cLugxP3KbGNc1SttKIY69z7ywBFaXW0vVIG9o=
+github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.3.0/go.mod h1:38ZUfA6J5JQjPZLQJZKyXE3v+t91mpJ2utAtVCDQTY0=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.3.0/go.mod h1:LTp5UQd8ivq4MXqm/W/XHulHQ0RRoZXsAj73sNMAQxc=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.10.0 h1:tTjrt8Udi0msABkMpgxKHp7sXKnC73jFPO5Col0tWso=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.10.0/go.mod h1:sdCls/olFjSHLXU0bHlaPtmyeIdentoxz/9miyw27kw=