diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8dfc79b709a..08b64439cdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 75
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        db: [postgres, mysql, oracle, mssql, mariadb, tidb]
+        db: [postgres, mysql, oracle, mssql, mariadb]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d132d5b787e..cd03c0b9cdb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
         <asciidoctor.plugin.version>1.5.8</asciidoctor.plugin.version>
 
-        <quarkus.version>3.25.2</quarkus.version>
-        <quarkus.build.version>3.25.2</quarkus.build.version>
+        <quarkus.version>3.26.0.CR1</quarkus.version>
+        <quarkus.build.version>3.26.0.CR1</quarkus.build.version>
         <jboss-logging-annotations.version>3.0.4.Final</jboss-logging-annotations.version> <!-- keep in sync with the version used by quarkus -->
 
         <project.build-time>${timestamp}</project.build-time>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         <postgresql-jdbc.version>42.7.7</postgresql-jdbc.version>
         <mariadb.version>11.4</mariadb.version>
         <mariadb.container>mirror.gcr.io/mariadb:${mariadb.version}</mariadb.container>
-        <mariadb-jdbc.version>3.5.4</mariadb-jdbc.version>
+        <mariadb-jdbc.version>3.5.5</mariadb-jdbc.version>
         <mssql.version>2022</mssql.version>
         <mssql.container>mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:${mssql.version}-latest</mssql.container>
         <!-- this is the mssql driver version also used in the Quarkus BOM -->
diff --git a/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml b/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml
index 5460f0da6c5..a1a3c647f53 100644
--- a/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/quarkus/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@
                     <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
                     <artifactId>quarkus-agroal-dev</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>quarkus-assistant-dev</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>quarkus-hibernate-orm-dev</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>