diff --git a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml
index 0a2b539737..adf0263889 100644
--- a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-openvino-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
                 <arguments>
                     <argument>install</argument>
                     <argument>-r</argument>
+                    <argument>--break-system-packages</argument>
                     <argument>${project.basedir}/requirements.txt</argument>
                 </arguments>
             </configuration>
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@
                 <executable>pip</executable>
                 <arguments>
                     <argument>install</argument>
+                    <argument>--break-system-packages</argument>
                     <argument>jep==4.2.0</argument>
                 </arguments>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml
index 76b4a437bf..f9122f44d9 100644
--- a/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/serverless-workflow-examples/serverless-workflow-python-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
                 <executable>pip</executable>
                 <arguments>
                     <argument>install</argument>
+                    <argument>--break-system-packages</argument>
                     <argument>-r</argument>
                     <argument>${project.basedir}/requirements.txt</argument>
                 </arguments>
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@
                 <executable>pip</executable>
                 <arguments>
                     <argument>install</argument>
+                    <argument>--break-system-packages</argument>
                     <argument>jep==4.2.0</argument>
                 </arguments>
             </configuration>