diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/pom.xml
index a8dfd837041f7..2e5832fddb6af 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
             <groupId>io.smallrye.common</groupId>
             <artifactId>smallrye-common-version</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.smallrye.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>smallrye-common-os</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-model-helper</artifactId>
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 0fafb6b0adcaa..c8a5ae63fb8f1 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
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.devtools.messagewriter.MessageWriter;
 import io.quarkus.devtools.project.BuildTool;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Qute;
+import io.smallrye.common.os.OS;
 
 public class QuarkusUpdateCommand {
 
@@ -305,10 +306,8 @@ private static boolean isExecutable(Path file) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static String OS = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
-
     public static boolean isWindows() {
-        return OS.contains("win");
+        return OS.WINDOWS.isCurrent();
     }
 
     private enum LogLevel {