diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DotNames.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DotNames.java
index 5dd492dbbcb1f..2ae0a6c5806c2 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DotNames.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DotNames.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 final class DotNames {
     // @formatter:off
+    static final DotName INSTANCE = DotName.createSimple(jakarta.enterprise.inject.Instance.class.getName());
     static final DotName INCOMING = DotName.createSimple(org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Incoming.class.getName());
     static final DotName INCOMINGS = DotName.createSimple(io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.annotations.Incomings.class.getName());
     static final DotName OUTGOING = DotName.createSimple(org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Outgoing.class.getName());
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/SmallRyeReactiveMessagingKafkaProcessor.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/SmallRyeReactiveMessagingKafkaProcessor.java
index 96234fc7cc580..97c36324dc36c 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/SmallRyeReactiveMessagingKafkaProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/SmallRyeReactiveMessagingKafkaProcessor.java
@@ -354,15 +354,15 @@ private void processIncomingType(DefaultSerdeDiscoveryState discovery,
     }
 
     private Type getInjectionPointType(AnnotationInstance annotation) {
-        switch (annotation.target().kind()) {
-            case FIELD:
-                return annotation.target().asField().type();
-            case METHOD_PARAMETER:
-                MethodParameterInfo parameter = annotation.target().asMethodParameter();
-                return parameter.method().parameterType(parameter.position());
-            default:
-                return null;
-        }
+        return switch (annotation.target().kind()) {
+            case FIELD -> handleInstanceChannelInjection(annotation.target().asField().type());
+            case METHOD_PARAMETER -> handleInstanceChannelInjection(annotation.target().asMethodParameter().type());
+            default -> null;
+        };
+    }
+
+    private Type handleInstanceChannelInjection(Type type) {
+        return DotNames.INSTANCE.equals(type.name()) ? type.asParameterizedType().arguments().get(0) : type;
     }
 
     private void handleAdditionalProperties(String channelName, boolean incoming, DefaultSerdeDiscoveryState discovery,
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DefaultSerdeConfigTest.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DefaultSerdeConfigTest.java
index 05289111c374d..5fa38ac61ffb8 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DefaultSerdeConfigTest.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/kafka/deployment/DefaultSerdeConfigTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Instance;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ boolean isKafkaConnector(List<ConnectorManagedChannelBuildItem> list, boolean in
 
             assertThat(configs)
                     .extracting(RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem::getKey, RunTimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem::getValue)
+                    .hasSize(expectations.length)
                     .allSatisfy(tuple -> {
                         Object[] e = tuple.toArray();
                         String key = (String) e[0];
@@ -3048,5 +3050,22 @@ private static class ChannelChildSerializer {
         Multi<JsonbDto> channel2;
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void instanceInjectionPoint() {
+        Tuple[] expectations = {
+                tuple("mp.messaging.outgoing.channel1.value.serializer", "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer"),
+                tuple("mp.messaging.incoming.channel2.value.deserializer", "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.IntegerDeserializer"),
+        };
+        doTest(expectations, InstanceInjectionPoint.class);
+    }
+
+    private static class InstanceInjectionPoint {
+        @Channel("channel1")
+        Instance<Emitter<String>> emitter1;
+
+        @Channel("channel2")
+        Instance<Multi<Integer>> channel2;
+    }
+
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DotNames.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DotNames.java
index dc321cb954ec5..4173d8f45717d 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DotNames.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DotNames.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 final class DotNames {
     // @formatter:off
+    static final DotName INSTANCE = DotName.createSimple(jakarta.enterprise.inject.Instance.class.getName());
     static final DotName INCOMING = DotName.createSimple(org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Incoming.class.getName());
     static final DotName INCOMINGS = DotName.createSimple(io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.annotations.Incomings.class.getName());
     static final DotName OUTGOING = DotName.createSimple(org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Outgoing.class.getName());
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarSchemaDiscoveryProcessor.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarSchemaDiscoveryProcessor.java
index 3f88ab082a283..223769f65b11f 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarSchemaDiscoveryProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/PulsarSchemaDiscoveryProcessor.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 import org.jboss.jandex.MethodInfo;
-import org.jboss.jandex.MethodParameterInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.Type;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -144,15 +143,15 @@ private static String incomingSchemaKey(String channelName) {
     }
 
     private Type getInjectionPointType(AnnotationInstance annotation) {
-        switch (annotation.target().kind()) {
-            case FIELD:
-                return annotation.target().asField().type();
-            case METHOD_PARAMETER:
-                MethodParameterInfo parameter = annotation.target().asMethodParameter();
-                return parameter.method().parameterType(parameter.position());
-            default:
-                return null;
-        }
+        return switch (annotation.target().kind()) {
+            case FIELD -> handleInstanceChannelInjection(annotation.target().asField().type());
+            case METHOD_PARAMETER -> handleInstanceChannelInjection(annotation.target().asMethodParameter().type());
+            default -> null;
+        };
+    }
+
+    private Type handleInstanceChannelInjection(Type type) {
+        return DotNames.INSTANCE.equals(type.name()) ? type.asParameterizedType().arguments().get(0) : type;
     }
 
     private void produceRuntimeConfigurationDefaultBuildItem(DefaultSchemaDiscoveryState discovery,
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DefaultSchemaConfigTest.java b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DefaultSchemaConfigTest.java
index 898ade58c059d..d0697b0521000 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DefaultSchemaConfigTest.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/reactivemessaging/pulsar/deployment/DefaultSchemaConfigTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Instance;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Produces;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 
@@ -2108,5 +2109,22 @@ Multi<GenericPayload<Long>> method4() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void instanceInjectionPoint() {
+        Tuple[] expectations = {
+                tuple("mp.messaging.outgoing.channel1.schema", "STRING"),
+                tuple("mp.messaging.incoming.channel2.schema", "INT32"),
+        };
+        doTest(expectations, InstanceInjectionPoint.class);
+    }
+
+    private static class InstanceInjectionPoint {
+        @Channel("channel1")
+        Instance<Emitter<String>> emitter1;
+
+        @Channel("channel2")
+        Instance<Multi<Integer>> channel2;
+    }
+
 
 }