diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/ReflectHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/ReflectHelper.java
index 7bdf9fc4ee..0258e7e0d0 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/ReflectHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/ReflectHelper.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Member;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import jakarta.persistence.Transient;
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import org.hibernate.MappingException;
 import org.hibernate.PropertyNotFoundException;
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.spi.ClassLoaderService;
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.spi.ClassLoadingException;
-import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.ArrayHelper;
 import org.hibernate.property.access.internal.PropertyAccessStrategyMixedImpl;
 import org.hibernate.property.access.spi.Getter;
@@ -867,6 +867,9 @@ public final class ReflectHelper {
 		else if ( type instanceof ParameterizedType ) {
 			return (Class<T>) ( (ParameterizedType) type ).getRawType();
 		}
+		else if ( type instanceof WildcardType ) {
+			return getClass( ( (WildcardType) type ).getUpperBounds()[0] );
+		}
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "Can't get java type class from type: " + type );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/java/spi/RegistryHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/java/spi/RegistryHelper.java
index 631ed422d4..654c9f0ff6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/java/spi/RegistryHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/java/spi/RegistryHelper.java
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 package org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.spi;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.hibernate.annotations.Immutable;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.Mutability;
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.ReflectHelper;
 import org.hibernate.resource.beans.spi.ManagedBean;
 import org.hibernate.resource.beans.spi.ManagedBeanRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.EnumJavaType;
@@ -106,14 +106,6 @@ public class RegistryHelper {
 	}
 
 	private <J> Class<J> determineJavaTypeClass(Type javaType) {
-		final Class<J> javaTypeClass;
-		if ( javaType instanceof Class<?> ) {
-			javaTypeClass = (Class<J>) javaType;
-		}
-		else {
-			final ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) javaType;
-			javaTypeClass = (Class<J>) parameterizedType.getRawType();
-		}
-		return javaTypeClass;
+		return ReflectHelper.getClass( javaType );
 	}
 }