diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index b97d1dc971be..74a6df25c7d7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,23 +11,7 @@ muzzle {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  // compiling against a version prior to 3.0.10.Final will bind the call in ResteasyInjectAdapter:
-  //   carrier.getHeaders().getHeaders().putSingle(key, value)
-  // to:
-  //   org.jboss.resteasy.util.CaseInsensitiveMap#putSingle(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-  // which will be incompatible with 3.0.10.Final and later, where that API was changed to:
-  //   org.jboss.resteasy.util.CaseInsensitiveMap#putSingle(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-  //
-  // conversely, however:
-  // compiling against 3.0.10.Final will bind the call in ResteasyInjectAdapter:
-  //   carrier.getHeaders().getHeaders().putSingle(key, value)
-  // to:
-  //   org.jboss.resteasy.util.CaseInsensitiveMap#putSingle(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-  // which WILL be compatible with versions prior to 3.0.10.Final, because in those versions
-  // putSingle(String, Object) is a generic implementation(for)
-  // javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap.putSingle(K, V), and so there's also a synthetic bridge method
-  // putSingle(Object, Object) in those versions
-  library("org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client:3.0.10.Final")
+  library("org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client:3.0.0.Final")
 
   implementation(project(":instrumentation:jaxrs-client:jaxrs-client-2.0:jaxrs-client-2.0-common:javaagent"))
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/v2_0/ResteasyInjectAdapter.java b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/v2_0/ResteasyInjectAdapter.java
index b230c606da9f..406740eabf3d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/v2_0/ResteasyInjectAdapter.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jaxrs-client/jaxrs-client-2.0/jaxrs-client-2.0-resteasy-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jaxrsclient/v2_0/ResteasyInjectAdapter.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.jaxrsclient.v2_0;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapSetter;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
 import org.jboss.resteasy.client.jaxrs.internal.ClientInvocation;
 
 public final class ResteasyInjectAdapter implements TextMapSetter<ClientInvocation> {
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ public final class ResteasyInjectAdapter implements TextMapSetter<ClientInvocati
   @Override
   public void set(ClientInvocation carrier, String key, String value) {
     // Don't allow duplicates.
-    carrier.getHeaders().getHeaders().putSingle(key, value);
+    // Using MultivaluedMap instead of CaseInsensitiveMap returned by getHeaders because in versions
+    // prior to 3.0.10.Final CaseInsensitiveMap has putSingle(String, Object) which is not present
+    // in later versions. Going through MultivaluedMap ensures that we'll be calling
+    // putSingle(Object, Object) that is present in all versions.
+    MultivaluedMap<String, Object> map = carrier.getHeaders().getHeaders();
+    map.putSingle(key, value);
   }
 }