diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index f82bc728eedc5e..5be1e8a70472f9 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <!-- GraalVM sdk 23.1.2 has a minimum JDK requirement of 17+ at runtime -->
         <graal-sdk.version>23.1.2</graal-sdk.version>
         <gizmo.version>1.8.0</gizmo.version>
-        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.0</jackson-bom.version>
+        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.1</jackson-bom.version>
         <commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>1.0.0.Final</commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.14.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.17.0</commons-codec.version>
diff --git a/extensions/jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/jackson/deployment/JacksonDefaultPoolTest.java b/extensions/jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/jackson/deployment/JacksonDefaultPoolTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 715f9d62ff3ba2..00000000000000
--- a/extensions/jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/jackson/deployment/JacksonDefaultPoolTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package io.quarkus.jackson.deployment;
-
-import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.JsonRecyclerPools;
-
-public class JacksonDefaultPoolTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void validateDefaultJacksonPool() {
-        Assertions.assertThat(JsonRecyclerPools.defaultPool()).isInstanceOf(JsonRecyclerPools.LockFreePool.class);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/VertxHybridPoolObjectMapperCustomizer.java b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/VertxHybridPoolObjectMapperCustomizer.java
index 3254837f6e54dd..eb3bf36158d06a 100644
--- a/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/VertxHybridPoolObjectMapperCustomizer.java
+++ b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/VertxHybridPoolObjectMapperCustomizer.java
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ public class VertxHybridPoolObjectMapperCustomizer implements ObjectMapperCustom
     @Override
     public void customize(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
         var existingMapperPool = objectMapper.getFactory()._getRecyclerPool();
-        // JsonRecyclerPools.defaultPool() by default should create a LockFreePool
-        if (existingMapperPool instanceof JsonRecyclerPools.LockFreePool) {
+        // if the recycler pool in use is the default jackson one it means that user hasn't
+        // explicitly chosen any, so we can replace it with the vert.x virtual thread friendly one
+        if (existingMapperPool.getClass() == JsonRecyclerPools.defaultPool().getClass()) {
             objectMapper.getFactory().setRecyclerPool(HybridJacksonPool.getInstance());
         }
     }
diff --git a/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index ffacc3a198c404..c2425c2a431108 100644
--- a/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <version.compiler.plugin>3.12.1</version.compiler.plugin>
         <version.enforcer.plugin>3.2.1</version.enforcer.plugin>
         <version.surefire.plugin>3.2.5</version.surefire.plugin>
-        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.0</jackson-bom.version>
+        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.1</jackson-bom.version>
         <smallrye-beanbag.version>1.4.1</smallrye-beanbag.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.10.2</junit.jupiter.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
index 9b8331da798594..8044bb8b654ab0 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <vertx.version>4.5.7</vertx.version>
         <rest-assured.version>5.4.0</rest-assured.version>
         <commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>1.0.0.Final</commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>
-        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.0</jackson-bom.version>
+        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.1</jackson-bom.version>
         <smallrye-stork.version>2.6.0</smallrye-stork.version>
         <jakarta.validation-api.version>3.0.2</jakarta.validation-api.version>
         <yasson.version>3.0.3</yasson.version>
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
index 7d96d416624d47..48ad30624fae53 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
         <!-- Versions -->
         <assertj.version>3.25.3</assertj.version>
-        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.0</jackson-bom.version>
+        <jackson-bom.version>2.17.1</jackson-bom.version>
         <jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version>4.1.0</jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version>
         <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
         <commons-compress.version>1.26.1</commons-compress.version>