diff --git a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/QuarkusJavaClientCodegen.java b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/QuarkusJavaClientCodegen.java
index cfe51cde..f81598d2 100644
--- a/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/QuarkusJavaClientCodegen.java
+++ b/client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/deployment/wrapper/QuarkusJavaClientCodegen.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@
 import org.openapitools.codegen.SupportingFile;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.config.GlobalSettings;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.languages.JavaClientCodegen;
+import org.openapitools.codegen.model.ModelMap;
+import org.openapitools.codegen.model.ModelsMap;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.utils.ProcessUtils;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.utils.URLPathUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -43,6 +46,31 @@ public QuarkusJavaClientCodegen() {
         this.setTemplateDir("templates");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ModelsMap postProcessModels(ModelsMap objs) {
+        objs = super.postProcessModels(objs);
+
+        objs.getModels().stream()
+                .map(ModelMap::getModel)
+                .map(CodegenModel::getVars)
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream)
+                .filter(codegenProperty -> codegenProperty.getDatatypeWithEnum().contains("@Size")
+                        || codegenProperty.getDataType().contains("@Size"))
+                .forEach(modelMap -> {
+                    Optional.of(modelMap)
+                            .map(CodegenProperty::getDatatypeWithEnum)
+                            .map(datatype -> datatype.replace("@Size", "@jakarta.validation.constraints.Size"))
+                            .ifPresent(modelMap::setDatatypeWithEnum);
+
+                    Optional.of(modelMap)
+                            .map(CodegenProperty::getDataType)
+                            .map(datatype -> datatype.replace("@Size", "@jakarta.validation.constraints.Size"))
+                            .ifPresent(modelMap::setDataType);
+                });
+
+        return objs;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getName() {
         return "quarkus";
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/main/openapi/bean-validation-true.yaml b/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/main/openapi/bean-validation-true.yaml
index 68041e31..14cd99d3 100644
--- a/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/main/openapi/bean-validation-true.yaml
+++ b/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/main/openapi/bean-validation-true.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ components:
         - name
         - secondName
         - size
+        - listOfStrings
       properties:
         id:
           type: integer
@@ -64,4 +65,9 @@ components:
         size:
           type: number
           minimum: 1.0
-          maximum: 10.0
\ No newline at end of file
+          maximum: 10.0
+        listOfStrings:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: string
+            minLength: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/it/BeanValidationTest.java b/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/it/BeanValidationTest.java
index 154ee8f3..5280b66e 100644
--- a/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/it/BeanValidationTest.java
+++ b/client/integration-tests/bean-validation/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/openapi/generator/it/BeanValidationTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void testValidationAnnotationsAreInPlaceModel() throws Exception {
         Field name = ValidatedObject.class.getDeclaredField("name");
         Field secondName = ValidatedObject.class.getDeclaredField("secondName");
         Field size = ValidatedObject.class.getDeclaredField("size");
+        Field listOfStrings = ValidatedObject.class.getDeclaredField("listOfStrings");
 
         assertThat(Stream.of(id, name, secondName, size)
                 .allMatch(f -> f.isAnnotationPresent(NotNull.class)))
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ void testValidationAnnotationsAreInPlaceModel() throws Exception {
         assertThat(size.getAnnotation(DecimalMin.class).value()).isEqualTo("1.0");
         assertThat(size.isAnnotationPresent(DecimalMax.class)).isTrue();
         assertThat(size.getAnnotation(DecimalMax.class).value()).isEqualTo("10.0");
+
+        assertThat(listOfStrings.isAnnotationPresent(NotNull.class)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(listOfStrings.isAnnotationPresent(Valid.class)).isTrue();
     }
 
     @Test