diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/processor/JacksonDeserializerFactory.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/processor/JacksonDeserializerFactory.java
index 13d9c10f93201..9159f02e2deb1 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/processor/JacksonDeserializerFactory.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/processor/JacksonDeserializerFactory.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.ContextualDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.CollectionType;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.MapType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
 
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
@@ -453,12 +450,12 @@ private ResultHandle readValueFromJson(ClassCreator classCreator, BytecodeCreato
                 MethodDescriptor getTypeFactory = ofMethod(DeserializationContext.class, "getTypeFactory",
                         TypeFactory.class);
                 ResultHandle typeFactory = bytecode.invokeVirtualMethod(getTypeFactory, deserializationContext);
-                MethodDescriptor constructCollectionType = ofMethod(TypeFactory.class,
-                        "constructCollectionType", CollectionType.class, Class.class, Class.class);
-                Class<?> concreteCollectionType = concreteCollectionType(fieldTypeName, fieldKind);
-                yield bytecode.invokeVirtualMethod(constructCollectionType, typeFactory,
-                        bytecode.loadClass(concreteCollectionType),
-                        bytecode.loadClass(listType.name().toString()));
+                MethodDescriptor constructParametricType = ofMethod(TypeFactory.class,
+                        "constructParametricType", JavaType.class, Class.class, Class[].class);
+                ResultHandle paramTypes = bytecode.newArray(Class.class, 1);
+                bytecode.writeArrayValue(paramTypes, 0, bytecode.loadClass(listType.name().toString()));
+                yield bytecode.invokeVirtualMethod(constructParametricType, typeFactory,
+                        bytecode.loadClass(fieldTypeName), paramTypes);
             }
             case MAP -> {
                 Type keyType = ((ParameterizedType) fieldType).arguments().get(0);
@@ -466,10 +463,13 @@ private ResultHandle readValueFromJson(ClassCreator classCreator, BytecodeCreato
                 MethodDescriptor getTypeFactory = ofMethod(DeserializationContext.class, "getTypeFactory",
                         TypeFactory.class);
                 ResultHandle typeFactory = bytecode.invokeVirtualMethod(getTypeFactory, deserializationContext);
-                MethodDescriptor constructMapType = ofMethod(TypeFactory.class, "constructMapType",
-                        MapType.class, Class.class, Class.class, Class.class);
-                yield bytecode.invokeVirtualMethod(constructMapType, typeFactory, bytecode.loadClass(HashMap.class),
-                        bytecode.loadClass(keyType.name().toString()), bytecode.loadClass(valueType.name().toString()));
+                MethodDescriptor constructParametricType = ofMethod(TypeFactory.class,
+                        "constructParametricType", JavaType.class, Class.class, Class[].class);
+                ResultHandle paramTypes = bytecode.newArray(Class.class, 2);
+                bytecode.writeArrayValue(paramTypes, 0, bytecode.loadClass(keyType.name().toString()));
+                bytecode.writeArrayValue(paramTypes, 1, bytecode.loadClass(valueType.name().toString()));
+                yield bytecode.invokeVirtualMethod(constructParametricType, typeFactory,
+                        bytecode.loadClass(fieldTypeName), paramTypes);
             }
             default -> bytecode.loadClass(fieldTypeName);
         };
@@ -483,17 +483,6 @@ private ResultHandle readValueFromJson(ClassCreator classCreator, BytecodeCreato
         return bytecode.invokeVirtualMethod(readTreeAsValue, deserializationContext, valueNode, typeHandle);
     }
 
-    private static Class<?> concreteCollectionType(String fieldTypeName, FieldKind fieldKind) {
-        try {
-            Class<?> declared = Class.forName(fieldTypeName);
-            if (!declared.isInterface() && !Modifier.isAbstract(declared.getModifiers())) {
-                return declared;
-            }
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ignored) {
-        }
-        return fieldKind == FieldKind.SET ? HashSet.class : ArrayList.class;
-    }
-
     private void writeValueToObject(ClassInfo classInfo, ResultHandle objHandle, FieldSpecs fieldSpecs,
             BytecodeCreator bytecode, ResultHandle valueHandle) {
         if (fieldSpecs.isPublicField()) {
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/AbstractSimpleJsonTest.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/AbstractSimpleJsonTest.java
index 8bd22ff14d424..9e32e5c0b6f2d 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/AbstractSimpleJsonTest.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/AbstractSimpleJsonTest.java
@@ -1032,6 +1032,19 @@ void testShouldDeserializePolymorphicItems() {
                 .body("values", CoreMatchers.is("world"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testShouldDeserializeAbstractList() {
+        RestAssured
+                .with()
+                .body("{\"items\": [{\"name\": \"world\"}]}")
+                .contentType("application/json; charset=utf-8")
+                .post("/simple/deque-batch")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .contentType("application/json")
+                .body("values", CoreMatchers.is("world"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testShouldRejectUnknownFields() {
         RestAssured
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/SimpleJsonResource.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/SimpleJsonResource.java
index c4662f18bb34c..3c363b2005793 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/SimpleJsonResource.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-jackson/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/jackson/deployment/test/SimpleJsonResource.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -606,6 +607,9 @@ public record GreetingRequest(@JsonProperty("name") String name) {
     public record LinkedListBatchRequest(@JsonProperty("items") LinkedList<GreetingRequest> items) {
     }
 
+    public record DequeBatchRequest(@JsonProperty("items") Deque<GreetingRequest> items) {
+    }
+
     @POST
     @Path("/linkedlist-batch")
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@@ -616,6 +620,16 @@ public String linkedListBatch(LinkedListBatchRequest request) {
         return "{\"values\":\"" + values + "\"}";
     }
 
+    @POST
+    @Path("/deque-batch")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public String dequeBatch(DequeBatchRequest request) {
+        String values = request.items().stream()
+                .map(GreetingRequest::name)
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(","));
+        return "{\"values\":\"" + values + "\"}";
+    }
+
     @POST
     @Path("/greeting")
     public String greeting(GreetingRequest request) {