diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java b/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java
index 5e6efce6602f8..d1e8ccb539a36 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.UnremovableBeanBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.arc.processor.BeanInfo;
 import io.quarkus.arc.processor.BuiltinScope;
+import io.quarkus.arc.processor.DotNames;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.Capabilities;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.Capability;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.Feature;
@@ -307,6 +308,11 @@ private static void contributeBuiltinConstraints(Set<String> builtinConstraints,
 
     private static void contributeClass(Set<DotName> classNamesCollector, IndexView indexView, DotName className) {
         classNamesCollector.add(className);
+
+        if (DotNames.OBJECT.equals(className)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         for (ClassInfo subclass : indexView.getAllKnownSubclasses(className)) {
             if (Modifier.isAbstract(subclass.flags())) {
                 // we can avoid adding the abstract classes here: either they are parent classes