diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/util/JavaVersionUtil.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/util/JavaVersionUtil.java
index 6edb9398e2a08..ab1f5d53c3ea4 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/util/JavaVersionUtil.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/util/JavaVersionUtil.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public class JavaVersionUtil {
     private static boolean IS_GRAALVM_JDK;
     private static boolean IS_JAVA_16_OR_OLDER;
     private static boolean IS_JAVA_17_OR_NEWER;
+    private static boolean IS_JAVA_19_OR_NEWER;
 
     static {
         performChecks();
@@ -26,11 +27,13 @@ static void performChecks() {
             IS_JAVA_13_OR_NEWER = (first >= 13);
             IS_JAVA_16_OR_OLDER = (first <= 16);
             IS_JAVA_17_OR_NEWER = (first >= 17);
+            IS_JAVA_19_OR_NEWER = (first >= 19);
         } else {
             IS_JAVA_11_OR_NEWER = false;
             IS_JAVA_13_OR_NEWER = false;
             IS_JAVA_16_OR_OLDER = false;
             IS_JAVA_17_OR_NEWER = false;
+            IS_JAVA_19_OR_NEWER = false;
         }
 
         String vmVendor = System.getProperty("java.vm.vendor");
@@ -53,6 +56,10 @@ public static boolean isJava17OrHigher() {
         return IS_JAVA_17_OR_NEWER;
     }
 
+    public static boolean isJava19OrHigher() {
+        return IS_JAVA_19_OR_NEWER;
+    }
+
     public static boolean isGraalvmJdk() {
         return IS_GRAALVM_JDK;
     }
diff --git a/extensions/awt/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/awt/deployment/AwtProcessor.java b/extensions/awt/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/awt/deployment/AwtProcessor.java
index 8a7a53e80aece..e9664e1cb25e4 100644
--- a/extensions/awt/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/awt/deployment/AwtProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/awt/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/awt/deployment/AwtProcessor.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.awt.deployment;
 
 import static io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.UnsupportedOSBuildItem.Os.WINDOWS;
-import static io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.GraalVM.Version.CURRENT;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
+import io.quarkus.awt.runtime.graal.AwtFeature;
 import io.quarkus.awt.runtime.graal.DarwinAwtFeature;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.Feature;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.builditem.NativeImageRunnerBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.builditem.ProcessInheritIODisabled;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.builditem.ProcessInheritIODisabledBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.GraalVM;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild;
-import io.quarkus.deployment.pkg.steps.NoopNativeImageBuildRunner;
 
 class AwtProcessor {
 
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@ FeatureBuildItem feature() {
     @BuildStep(onlyIf = NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild.class)
     void nativeImageFeatures(BuildProducer<NativeImageFeatureBuildItem> nativeImageFeatures) {
         nativeImageFeatures.produce(new NativeImageFeatureBuildItem(DarwinAwtFeature.class));
+        nativeImageFeatures.produce(new NativeImageFeatureBuildItem(AwtFeature.class));
     }
 
     @BuildStep(onlyIf = NativeOrNativeSourcesBuild.class)
@@ -128,12 +127,6 @@ JniRuntimeAccessBuildItem setupJava2DClasses(NativeImageRunnerBuildItem nativeIm
             Optional<ProcessInheritIODisabledBuildItem> processInheritIODisabledBuildItem) {
         nativeImageRunnerBuildItem.getBuildRunner()
                 .setup(processInheritIODisabled.isPresent() || processInheritIODisabledBuildItem.isPresent());
-        final GraalVM.Version v;
-        if (nativeImageRunnerBuildItem.getBuildRunner() instanceof NoopNativeImageBuildRunner) {
-            v = CURRENT;
-        } else {
-            v = nativeImageRunnerBuildItem.getBuildRunner().getGraalVMVersion();
-        }
         final List<String> classes = new ArrayList<>();
         classes.add("com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader");
         classes.add("com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter");
@@ -258,18 +251,11 @@ JniRuntimeAccessBuildItem setupJava2DClasses(NativeImageRunnerBuildItem nativeIm
         // A new way of dynamically loading shared objects instead
         // of baking in static libs: https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/4921
         classes.add("sun.awt.X11FontManager");
-        if (v.javaVersion.feature() != 19) {
-            classes.add("java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment");
-            classes.add("sun.awt.X11GraphicsConfig");
-            classes.add("sun.awt.X11GraphicsDevice");
-            classes.add("sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment");
-            classes.add("sun.java2d.xr.XRSurfaceData");
-        }
-
-        // Added for JDK 19+ due to: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk20/commit/9bc023220 calling FontUtilities
-        if (v.jdkVersionGreaterOrEqualTo("19")) {
-            classes.add("sun.font.FontUtilities");
-        }
+        classes.add("java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment");
+        classes.add("sun.awt.X11GraphicsConfig");
+        classes.add("sun.awt.X11GraphicsDevice");
+        classes.add("sun.java2d.SunGraphicsEnvironment");
+        classes.add("sun.java2d.xr.XRSurfaceData");
 
         return new JniRuntimeAccessBuildItem(true, true, true, classes.toArray(new String[0]));
     }
diff --git a/extensions/awt/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/awt/runtime/graal/AwtFeature.java b/extensions/awt/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/awt/runtime/graal/AwtFeature.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1931f50a6632e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/awt/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/awt/runtime/graal/AwtFeature.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.quarkus.awt.runtime.graal;
+
+import org.graalvm.nativeimage.hosted.Feature;
+import org.graalvm.nativeimage.hosted.RuntimeJNIAccess;
+
+import io.quarkus.runtime.util.JavaVersionUtil;
+
+public class AwtFeature implements Feature {
+    @Override
+    public void afterRegistration(AfterRegistrationAccess access) {
+        // Added for JDK 19+ due to: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk20/commit/9bc023220 calling FontUtilities
+        if (JavaVersionUtil.isJava19OrHigher()) {
+            try {
+                Class<?> fontUtilitiesClass = Class.forName("sun.font.FontUtilities");
+                RuntimeJNIAccess.register(fontUtilitiesClass);
+                RuntimeJNIAccess.register(fontUtilitiesClass.getDeclaredFields());
+                RuntimeJNIAccess.register(fontUtilitiesClass.getDeclaredMethods());
+                RuntimeJNIAccess.register(fontUtilitiesClass.getDeclaredConstructors());
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}