diff --git a/extensions/keycloak-authorization/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/deployment/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerBuildStep.java b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/deployment/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerBuildStep.java
index 18a959a7ff5f7..070128488a689 100644
--- a/extensions/keycloak-authorization/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/deployment/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerBuildStep.java
+++ b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/deployment/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerBuildStep.java
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.AdditionalBeanBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.BeanContainerBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.SyntheticBeanBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.Feature;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.ExecutionTime;
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.FeatureBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.keycloak.pep.runtime.KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer;
 import io.quarkus.keycloak.pep.runtime.KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig;
+import io.quarkus.keycloak.pep.runtime.KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean;
 import io.quarkus.keycloak.pep.runtime.KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder;
 import io.quarkus.oidc.runtime.OidcBuildTimeConfig;
 import io.quarkus.oidc.runtime.OidcConfig;
@@ -72,11 +75,18 @@ ExtensionSslNativeSupportBuildItem enableSslInNative() {
 
     @Record(ExecutionTime.RUNTIME_INIT)
     @BuildStep
-    public void setup(OidcBuildTimeConfig oidcBuildTimeConfig, OidcConfig oidcRunTimeConfig, TlsConfig tlsConfig,
-            KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig keycloakConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder recorder, BeanContainerBuildItem bc,
+    public SyntheticBeanBuildItem setup(OidcBuildTimeConfig oidcBuildTimeConfig, OidcConfig oidcRunTimeConfig,
+            TlsConfig tlsConfig,
+            KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig keycloakConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder recorder,
             HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration) {
         if (oidcBuildTimeConfig.enabled && keycloakConfig.policyEnforcer.enable) {
-            recorder.setup(oidcRunTimeConfig, keycloakConfig, tlsConfig, bc.getValue(), httpConfiguration);
+            return SyntheticBeanBuildItem.configure(KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean.class).unremovable()
+                    .types(KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean.class)
+                    .supplier(recorder.setup(oidcRunTimeConfig, keycloakConfig, tlsConfig, httpConfiguration))
+                    .scope(Singleton.class)
+                    .setRuntimeInit()
+                    .done();
         }
+        return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer.java b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer.java
index 5c9bafafe9073..e7a6f79ff1241 100644
--- a/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer.java
+++ b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer.java
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 import org.keycloak.AuthorizationContext;
 import org.keycloak.adapters.KeycloakDeploymentBuilder;
 import org.keycloak.adapters.authorization.KeycloakAdapterPolicyEnforcer;
@@ -20,12 +21,8 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.oidc.OidcTenantConfig;
 import io.quarkus.oidc.common.runtime.OidcCommonConfig.Tls.Verification;
-import io.quarkus.oidc.runtime.OidcConfig;
-import io.quarkus.runtime.TlsConfig;
-import io.quarkus.security.AuthenticationFailedException;
 import io.quarkus.security.identity.SecurityIdentity;
 import io.quarkus.security.runtime.QuarkusSecurityIdentity;
-import io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.HttpConfiguration;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.security.HttpSecurityPolicy;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;
@@ -33,10 +30,10 @@
 @Singleton
 public class KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer
         implements HttpSecurityPolicy, BiFunction<RoutingContext, SecurityIdentity, HttpSecurityPolicy.CheckResult> {
-    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer.class);
 
-    private volatile KeycloakAdapterPolicyEnforcer delegate;
-    private volatile long readTimeout;
+    @Inject
+    KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean configBean;
+    private KeycloakAdapterPolicyEnforcer delegate;
 
     @Override
     public Uni<CheckResult> checkPermission(RoutingContext request, Uni<SecurityIdentity> identity,
@@ -46,12 +43,8 @@ public Uni<CheckResult> checkPermission(RoutingContext request, Uni<SecurityIden
 
     @Override
     public CheckResult apply(RoutingContext routingContext, SecurityIdentity identity) {
-        if (delegate == null) {
-            LOG.debug(
-                    "Keycloak Policy Enforcer has not been initialized - please make sure 'quarkus.oidc.enabled' is not set to 'false'");
-            throw new AuthenticationFailedException();
-        }
-        VertxHttpFacade httpFacade = new VertxHttpFacade(routingContext, readTimeout);
+        VertxHttpFacade httpFacade = new VertxHttpFacade(routingContext,
+                configBean.httpConfiguration.readTimeout.toMillis());
         AuthorizationContext result = delegate.authorize(httpFacade);
 
         if (result.isGranted()) {
@@ -99,10 +92,10 @@ public Uni<Boolean> apply(Permission permission) {
                 }).build();
     }
 
-    public void init(OidcConfig oidcConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig config, TlsConfig tlsConfig,
-            HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration) {
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() {
         AdapterConfig adapterConfig = new AdapterConfig();
-        String authServerUrl = oidcConfig.defaultTenant.getAuthServerUrl().get();
+        String authServerUrl = configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant.getAuthServerUrl().get();
 
         try {
             adapterConfig.setRealm(authServerUrl.substring(authServerUrl.lastIndexOf('/') + 1));
@@ -111,22 +104,24 @@ public void init(OidcConfig oidcConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig config, Tls
             throw new RuntimeException("Failed to parse the realm name.", cause);
         }
 
-        adapterConfig.setResource(oidcConfig.defaultTenant.getClientId().get());
-        adapterConfig.setCredentials(getCredentials(oidcConfig.defaultTenant));
+        adapterConfig.setResource(configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant.getClientId().get());
+        adapterConfig.setCredentials(getCredentials(configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant));
 
-        boolean trustAll = oidcConfig.defaultTenant.tls.getVerification().isPresent()
-                ? oidcConfig.defaultTenant.tls.getVerification().get() == Verification.NONE
-                : tlsConfig.trustAll;
+        boolean trustAll = configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant.tls.getVerification().isPresent()
+                ? configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant.tls.getVerification().get() == Verification.NONE
+                : configBean.tlsConfig.trustAll;
         if (trustAll) {
             adapterConfig.setDisableTrustManager(true);
             adapterConfig.setAllowAnyHostname(true);
         }
 
-        if (oidcConfig.defaultTenant.proxy.host.isPresent()) {
-            adapterConfig.setProxyUrl(oidcConfig.defaultTenant.proxy.host.get() + ":" + oidcConfig.defaultTenant.proxy.port);
+        if (configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant.proxy.host.isPresent()) {
+            adapterConfig.setProxyUrl(configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant.proxy.host.get() + ":"
+                    + configBean.oidcConfig.defaultTenant.proxy.port);
         }
 
-        PolicyEnforcerConfig enforcerConfig = getPolicyEnforcerConfig(config, adapterConfig);
+        PolicyEnforcerConfig enforcerConfig = getPolicyEnforcerConfig(configBean.keycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig,
+                adapterConfig);
 
         if (enforcerConfig == null) {
             return;
@@ -134,7 +129,6 @@ public void init(OidcConfig oidcConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig config, Tls
 
         adapterConfig.setPolicyEnforcerConfig(enforcerConfig);
 
-        this.readTimeout = httpConfiguration.readTimeout.toMillis();
         this.delegate = new KeycloakAdapterPolicyEnforcer(
                 new PolicyEnforcer(KeycloakDeploymentBuilder.build(adapterConfig), adapterConfig));
     }
diff --git a/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean.java b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0dbb1217c6239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.quarkus.keycloak.pep.runtime;
+
+import io.quarkus.oidc.runtime.OidcConfig;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.TlsConfig;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime.HttpConfiguration;
+
+public class KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean {
+
+    final OidcConfig oidcConfig;
+    final KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig keycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig;
+    final TlsConfig tlsConfig;
+    final HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration;
+
+    public KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean(OidcConfig oidcConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig keycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig,
+            TlsConfig tlsConfig,
+            HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration) {
+        this.oidcConfig = oidcConfig;
+        this.keycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig = keycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig;
+        this.tlsConfig = tlsConfig;
+        this.httpConfiguration = httpConfiguration;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder.java b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder.java
index 23037ec5bc072..712995e8015a1 100644
--- a/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/keycloak-authorization/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/keycloak/pep/runtime/KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.keycloak.pep.runtime;
 
-import io.quarkus.arc.runtime.BeanContainer;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
 import io.quarkus.oidc.OIDCException;
 import io.quarkus.oidc.OidcTenantConfig;
 import io.quarkus.oidc.runtime.OidcConfig;
@@ -11,12 +12,16 @@
 @Recorder
 public class KeycloakPolicyEnforcerRecorder {
 
-    public void setup(OidcConfig oidcConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig config, TlsConfig tlsConfig,
-            BeanContainer beanContainer,
-            HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration) {
+    public Supplier<KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean> setup(OidcConfig oidcConfig, KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfig config,
+            TlsConfig tlsConfig, HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration) {
         if (oidcConfig.defaultTenant.applicationType == OidcTenantConfig.ApplicationType.WEB_APP) {
             throw new OIDCException("Application type [" + oidcConfig.defaultTenant.applicationType + "] is not supported");
         }
-        beanContainer.instance(KeycloakPolicyEnforcerAuthorizer.class).init(oidcConfig, config, tlsConfig, httpConfiguration);
+        return new Supplier<KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean>() {
+            @Override
+            public KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean get() {
+                return new KeycloakPolicyEnforcerConfigBean(oidcConfig, config, tlsConfig, httpConfiguration);
+            }
+        };
     }
 }