diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java
index cde516b239d60..f53c3def02dd4 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ private static void propagateSystemPropertyIfSet(String name, List<String> comma
     private static List<String> getMavenProcessSourcesCommand(String mvnBinary) {
         List<String> command = new ArrayList<>();
         command.add(mvnBinary);
+        command.add("-B");
         command.add("clean");
         command.add("process-sources");
         final String mavenSettings = getMavenSettingsArg();
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ private static List<String> getMavenUpdateCommand(String mvnBinary, String rewri
             boolean dryRun) {
         final List<String> command = new ArrayList<>();
         command.add(mvnBinary);
+        command.add("-B");
         command.add("-e");
         command.add(
                 String.format("%s:%s:%s:%s", MAVEN_REWRITE_PLUGIN_GROUP, MAVEN_REWRITE_PLUGIN_ARTIFACT, rewritePluginVersion,