diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61cb0ae1b83..e82ddb08f59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### 6.13-SNAPSHOT
 
 #### Bugs
+* Fix #5866: Addressed cycle in crd generation with Java 19+ and ZonedDateTime
 
 #### Improvements
 * Fix #5878: (java-generator) Add implements Editable for extraAnnotations
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/pom.xml b/crd-generator/api/pom.xml
index 0093914d332..49574461d2f 100644
--- a/crd-generator/api/pom.xml
+++ b/crd-generator/api/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
       <artifactId>kubernetes-client-api</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java b/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java
index 68e266807db..c4feaf5b0a1 100644
--- a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java
+++ b/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/AbstractJsonSchema.java
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 package io.fabric8.crd.generator;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchema;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.JsonSchemaGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jsonSchema.types.ArraySchema.Items;
 import io.fabric8.crd.generator.InternalSchemaSwaps.SwapResult;
 import io.fabric8.crd.generator.annotation.SchemaSwap;
 import io.fabric8.crd.generator.utils.Types;
@@ -24,6 +28,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Duration;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.IntOrString;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Quantity;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.KubernetesSerialization;
 import io.sundr.builder.internal.functions.TypeAs;
 import io.sundr.model.AnnotationRef;
 import io.sundr.model.ClassRef;
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -122,6 +128,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractJsonSchema<T, B> {
   public static final String JSON_NODE_TYPE = "com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode";
   public static final String ANY_TYPE = "io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.AnyType";
 
+  private static final JsonSchemaGenerator GENERATOR;
+  private static final Set<String> COMPLEX_JAVA_TYPES = new HashSet<>();
+
   static {
     COMMON_MAPPINGS.put(STRING_REF, STRING_MARKER);
     COMMON_MAPPINGS.put(DATE_REF, STRING_MARKER);
@@ -138,6 +147,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractJsonSchema<T, B> {
     COMMON_MAPPINGS.put(QUANTITY_REF, INT_OR_STRING_MARKER);
     COMMON_MAPPINGS.put(INT_OR_STRING_REF, INT_OR_STRING_MARKER);
     COMMON_MAPPINGS.put(DURATION_REF, STRING_MARKER);
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    // initialize with client defaults
+    new KubernetesSerialization(mapper, false);
+    GENERATOR = new JsonSchemaGenerator(mapper);
   }
 
   public static String getSchemaTypeFor(TypeRef typeRef) {
@@ -853,18 +866,67 @@ private T internalFromImpl(String name, TypeRef typeRef, LinkedHashMap<String, S
 
   private T resolveNestedClass(String name, TypeDef def, LinkedHashMap<String, String> visited,
       InternalSchemaSwaps schemaSwaps) {
-    if (visited.put(def.getFullyQualifiedName(), name) != null) {
+    String fullyQualifiedName = def.getFullyQualifiedName();
+    T res = resolveJavaClass(fullyQualifiedName);
+    if (res != null) {
+      return res;
+    }
+    if (visited.put(fullyQualifiedName, name) != null) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-          "Found a cyclic reference involving the field of type " + def.getFullyQualifiedName() + " starting a field "
+          "Found a cyclic reference involving the field of type " + fullyQualifiedName + " starting a field "
               + visited.entrySet().stream().map(e -> e.getValue() + " >>\n" + e.getKey()).collect(Collectors.joining(".")) + "."
               + name);
     }
 
-    T res = internalFromImpl(def, visited, schemaSwaps);
-    visited.remove(def.getFullyQualifiedName());
+    res = internalFromImpl(def, visited, schemaSwaps);
+    visited.remove(fullyQualifiedName);
     return res;
   }
 
+  private T resolveJavaClass(String fullyQualifiedName) {
+    if ((!fullyQualifiedName.startsWith("java.") && !fullyQualifiedName.startsWith("javax."))
+        || COMPLEX_JAVA_TYPES.contains(fullyQualifiedName)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    String mapping = null;
+    boolean array = false;
+    try {
+      Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(fullyQualifiedName);
+      JsonSchema schema = GENERATOR.generateSchema(clazz);
+      if (schema.isArraySchema()) {
+        Items items = schema.asArraySchema().getItems();
+        if (items.isSingleItems()) {
+          array = true;
+          schema = items.asSingleItems().getSchema();
+        }
+      }
+      if (schema.isIntegerSchema()) {
+        mapping = INTEGER_MARKER;
+      } else if (schema.isNumberSchema()) {
+        mapping = NUMBER_MARKER;
+      } else if (schema.isBooleanSchema()) {
+        mapping = BOOLEAN_MARKER;
+      } else if (schema.isStringSchema()) {
+        mapping = STRING_MARKER;
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      LOGGER.debug(
+          "Something went wrong with detecting java type schema for {}, will use full introspection instead",
+          fullyQualifiedName, e);
+    }
+    // cache the result for subsequent calls
+    if (mapping != null) {
+      if (array) {
+        return arrayLikeProperty(singleProperty(mapping));
+      }
+      COMMON_MAPPINGS.put(TypeDef.forName(fullyQualifiedName).toReference(), mapping);
+      return singleProperty(mapping);
+    }
+
+    COMPLEX_JAVA_TYPES.add(fullyQualifiedName);
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Builds the schema for specifically handled property types (e.g. intOrString properties)
    *
diff --git a/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/types/TypeMappingsTest.java b/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/types/TypeMappingsTest.java
index 1540a775613..5eda53475fe 100644
--- a/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/types/TypeMappingsTest.java
+++ b/crd-generator/test/src/test/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/types/TypeMappingsTest.java
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 package io.fabric8.crd.generator.types;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apiextensions.v1.CustomResourceDefinition;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apiextensions.v1.JSONSchemaProps;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Serialization;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -40,27 +42,29 @@ void setUp() {
   @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0} type maps to {1}")
   @MethodSource("targetTypeCases")
   void targetType(String propertyName, String expectedType) {
-    assertThat(crd.getSpec().getVersions().iterator().next().getSchema().getOpenAPIV3Schema().getProperties())
-        .extracting(schema -> schema.get("spec").getProperties())
+    Map<String, JSONSchemaProps> properties = crd.getSpec().getVersions().iterator().next().getSchema().getOpenAPIV3Schema()
+        .getProperties().get("spec").getProperties();
+    assertThat(properties)
+        .withFailMessage("Expected %s to be %s, but was %s", propertyName, expectedType, properties.get(propertyName).getType())
         .returns(expectedType, specProps -> specProps.get(propertyName).getType());
   }
 
   private static Stream<Arguments> targetTypeCases() {
     return Stream.of(
         Arguments.of("date", "string"),
-        Arguments.of("localDate", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("localDateTime", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("zonedDateTime", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("offsetDateTime", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("offsetTime", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("yearMonth", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("monthDay", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("instant", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("duration", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("period", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("timestamp", "object"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("localDate", "array"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("localDateTime", "array"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("zonedDateTime", "number"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("offsetDateTime", "number"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("offsetTime", "array"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("yearMonth", "array"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("monthDay", "array"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("instant", "number"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("duration", "integer"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("period", "string"),
+        Arguments.of("timestamp", "integer"), // to review
         // Arguments.of("aShort", "integer"), // TODO: Not even present in the CRD
-        Arguments.of("aShortObj", "object"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("aShortObj", "integer"),
         Arguments.of("aInt", "integer"),
         Arguments.of("aIntegerObj", "integer"),
         Arguments.of("aLong", "integer"),
@@ -69,21 +73,21 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> targetTypeCases() {
         Arguments.of("aDoubleObj", "number"),
         Arguments.of("aFloat", "number"),
         Arguments.of("aFloatObj", "number"),
-        Arguments.of("aNumber", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("aBigInteger", "object"), // to review
-        Arguments.of("aBigDecimal", "object"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("aNumber", "number"),
+        Arguments.of("aBigInteger", "integer"),
+        Arguments.of("aBigDecimal", "number"),
         Arguments.of("aBoolean", "boolean"),
         Arguments.of("aBooleanObj", "boolean"),
         // Arguments.of("aChar", "string"), // TODO: Not even present in the CRD
-        Arguments.of("aCharacterObj", "object"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("aCharacterObj", "string"),
         Arguments.of("aCharArray", "array"),
-        Arguments.of("aCharSequence", "object"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("aCharSequence", "string"),
         Arguments.of("aString", "string"),
         Arguments.of("aStringArray", "array"),
         // Arguments.of("aByte", "?"), // TODO: Not even present in the CRD
-        Arguments.of("aByteObj", "object"), // to review
+        Arguments.of("aByteObj", "integer"),
         Arguments.of("aByteArray", "array"), // to review, should be string (base64)
-        Arguments.of("uuid", "object")); // to review, should be string
+        Arguments.of("uuid", "string"));
   }
 
 }