diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/github/streamshub/console/test/TestHelper.java b/api/src/test/java/com/github/streamshub/console/test/TestHelper.java
index c4be837a0..eff96acab 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/github/streamshub/console/test/TestHelper.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/github/streamshub/console/test/TestHelper.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import io.strimzi.api.kafka.model.kafka.KafkaBuilder;
 import io.strimzi.api.kafka.model.kafka.listener.KafkaListenerAuthentication;
 import io.strimzi.api.kafka.model.kafka.listener.KafkaListenerType;
-import io.strimzi.api.kafka.model.topic.KafkaTopic;
 
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
@@ -125,14 +124,7 @@ public Kafka buildKafkaResource(String name, String id, URI bootstrapServers, Ka
     }
 
     public <S, T, C extends CustomResource<S, T>> C apply(KubernetesClient client, C resource) {
-        C response = client.resource(resource).serverSideApply();
-        /*
-         * Skip status patch for KafkaTopic before Strimzi 0.45.
-         * https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/issues/10905
-         */
-        if (response instanceof KafkaTopic) {
-            return response;
-        }
+        client.resource(resource).serverSideApply();
         return client.resource(resource).patchStatus();
     }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd6d97b49..719deb0b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
         <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus.platform</quarkus.platform.group-id>
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.15.2</quarkus.platform.version>
-        <strimzi-api.version>0.44.0</strimzi-api.version>
+        <strimzi-api.version>0.45.0</strimzi-api.version>
         <strimzi-oauth.version>0.15.0</strimzi-oauth.version>
         <apicurio-registry.version>2.6.6.Final</apicurio-registry.version>