diff --git a/extensions/jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/deployment/JacksonProcessor.java b/extensions/jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/deployment/JacksonProcessor.java
index 9f7bc752e092a..7265d33d8a9fd 100644
--- a/extensions/jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/deployment/JacksonProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/deployment/JacksonProcessor.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.gizmo.ResultHandle;
 import io.quarkus.jackson.JacksonMixin;
 import io.quarkus.jackson.ObjectMapperCustomizer;
+import io.quarkus.jackson.runtime.ConfigurationCustomizer;
 import io.quarkus.jackson.runtime.JacksonBuildTimeConfig;
 import io.quarkus.jackson.runtime.JacksonSupport;
 import io.quarkus.jackson.runtime.JacksonSupportRecorder;
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ public class JacksonProcessor {
     @BuildStep
     void unremovable(Capabilities capabilities, BuildProducer<UnremovableBeanBuildItem> producer,
             BuildProducer<AdditionalBeanBuildItem> additionalProducer) {
+        additionalProducer.produce(AdditionalBeanBuildItem.unremovableOf(ConfigurationCustomizer.class));
+
         if (capabilities.isPresent(Capability.VERTX_CORE)) {
             producer.produce(UnremovableBeanBuildItem.beanTypes(ObjectMapper.class));
             additionalProducer.produce(AdditionalBeanBuildItem.unremovableOf(VertxHybridPoolObjectMapperCustomizer.class));
diff --git a/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/ObjectMapperCustomizer.java b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/ObjectMapperCustomizer.java
index d02ba0835d34d..620bb6cd051d8 100644
--- a/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/ObjectMapperCustomizer.java
+++ b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/ObjectMapperCustomizer.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 public interface ObjectMapperCustomizer extends Comparable<ObjectMapperCustomizer> {
 
     int MINIMUM_PRIORITY = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+    int MAXIMUM_PRIORITY = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
     // we use this priority to give a chance to other customizers to override serializers / deserializers
     // that might have been added by the modules that Quarkus registers automatically
     // (Jackson will keep the last registered serializer / deserializer for a given type
diff --git a/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/ConfigurationCustomizer.java b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/ConfigurationCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3aa6ef532010b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/ConfigurationCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package io.quarkus.jackson.runtime;
+
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+
+import io.quarkus.jackson.ObjectMapperCustomizer;
+
+@Singleton
+public class ConfigurationCustomizer implements ObjectMapperCustomizer {
+    @Inject
+    JacksonBuildTimeConfig jacksonBuildTimeConfig;
+
+    @Inject
+    JacksonSupport jacksonSupport;
+
+    @Override
+    public void customize(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.failOnUnknownProperties) {
+            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
+            objectMapper.disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES);
+        }
+        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.failOnEmptyBeans) {
+            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
+            objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS);
+        }
+        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.writeDatesAsTimestamps) {
+            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
+            objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
+        }
+        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.writeDurationsAsTimestamps) {
+            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
+            objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DURATIONS_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
+        }
+        if (jacksonBuildTimeConfig.acceptCaseInsensitiveEnums) {
+            objectMapper.enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ENUMS);
+        }
+        JsonInclude.Include serializationInclusion = jacksonBuildTimeConfig.serializationInclusion.orElse(null);
+        if (serializationInclusion != null) {
+            objectMapper.setSerializationInclusion(serializationInclusion);
+        }
+        ZoneId zoneId = jacksonBuildTimeConfig.timezone.orElse(null);
+        if ((zoneId != null) && !zoneId.getId().equals("UTC")) { // Jackson uses UTC as the default, so let's not reset it
+            objectMapper.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(zoneId));
+        }
+        if (jacksonSupport.configuredNamingStrategy().isPresent()) {
+            objectMapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(jacksonSupport.configuredNamingStrategy().get());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int priority() {
+        // we return the maximum possible priority to make sure these
+        // settings are always applied first, before any other customizers.
+        return ObjectMapperCustomizer.MAXIMUM_PRIORITY;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/ObjectMapperProducer.java b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/ObjectMapperProducer.java
index 0675633a7e99e..1f1e56a540ab5 100644
--- a/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/ObjectMapperProducer.java
+++ b/extensions/jackson/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/jackson/runtime/ObjectMapperProducer.java
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
 package io.quarkus.jackson.runtime;
 
-import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Produces;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.All;
 import io.quarkus.arc.DefaultBean;
@@ -22,43 +16,12 @@
 
 @ApplicationScoped
 public class ObjectMapperProducer {
-
     @DefaultBean
     @Singleton
     @Produces
     public ObjectMapper objectMapper(@All List<ObjectMapperCustomizer> customizers,
             JacksonBuildTimeConfig jacksonBuildTimeConfig, JacksonSupport jacksonSupport) {
         ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.failOnUnknownProperties) {
-            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
-            objectMapper.disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES);
-        }
-        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.failOnEmptyBeans) {
-            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
-            objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS);
-        }
-        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.writeDatesAsTimestamps) {
-            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
-            objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
-        }
-        if (!jacksonBuildTimeConfig.writeDurationsAsTimestamps) {
-            // this feature is enabled by default, so we disable it
-            objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DURATIONS_AS_TIMESTAMPS);
-        }
-        if (jacksonBuildTimeConfig.acceptCaseInsensitiveEnums) {
-            objectMapper.enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ENUMS);
-        }
-        JsonInclude.Include serializationInclusion = jacksonBuildTimeConfig.serializationInclusion.orElse(null);
-        if (serializationInclusion != null) {
-            objectMapper.setSerializationInclusion(serializationInclusion);
-        }
-        ZoneId zoneId = jacksonBuildTimeConfig.timezone.orElse(null);
-        if ((zoneId != null) && !zoneId.getId().equals("UTC")) { // Jackson uses UTC as the default, so let's not reset it
-            objectMapper.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(zoneId));
-        }
-        if (jacksonSupport.configuredNamingStrategy().isPresent()) {
-            objectMapper.setPropertyNamingStrategy(jacksonSupport.configuredNamingStrategy().get());
-        }
         List<ObjectMapperCustomizer> sortedCustomizers = sortCustomizersInDescendingPriorityOrder(customizers);
         for (ObjectMapperCustomizer customizer : sortedCustomizers) {
             customizer.customize(objectMapper);