diff --git a/test-framework/jacoco/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jacoco/runtime/JacocoConfig.java b/test-framework/jacoco/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jacoco/runtime/JacocoConfig.java
index 307c58c6e7fd9..5891ac704f6fa 100644
--- a/test-framework/jacoco/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jacoco/runtime/JacocoConfig.java
+++ b/test-framework/jacoco/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jacoco/runtime/JacocoConfig.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class JacocoConfig {
     /**
      * Name of the root node HTML report pages.
      */
-    @ConfigItem
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "${quarkus.application.name}")
     public Optional<String> title;
 
     /**