diff --git a/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/MySQLLegacyDialect.java b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/MySQLLegacyDialect.java
index 0d80444119..fce8b708a9 100644
--- a/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/MySQLLegacyDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/MySQLLegacyDialect.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.NullType;
 import org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes;
 import org.hibernate.type.StandardBasicTypes;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.EnumJdbcType;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.JdbcType;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.NullJdbcType;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.spi.JdbcTypeRegistry;
@@ -651,6 +652,8 @@ public class MySQLLegacyDialect extends Dialect {
 								.getDescriptor( Object.class )
 				)
 		);
+
+		jdbcTypeRegistry.addDescriptor( EnumJdbcType.INSTANCE );
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
index 2a065d37fa..f3930f5a82 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.NullType;
 import org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes;
 import org.hibernate.type.StandardBasicTypes;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.EnumJdbcType;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.JdbcType;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.NullJdbcType;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.spi.JdbcTypeRegistry;
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ public class MySQLDialect extends Dialect {
 				)
 		);
 
-		jdbcTypeRegistry.addDescriptor( new MySQLEnumJdbcType() );
+		jdbcTypeRegistry.addDescriptor( EnumJdbcType.INSTANCE );
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLEnumJdbcType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLEnumJdbcType.java
index b8f2837fe1..cfb2d10a38 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLEnumJdbcType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLEnumJdbcType.java
@@ -6,22 +6,7 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.dialect;
 
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.ValueBinder;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.ValueExtractor;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.WrapperOptions;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.BasicBinder;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.BasicExtractor;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.JdbcLiteralFormatter;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.JdbcType;
-import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.internal.JdbcLiteralFormatterCharacterData;
-
-import java.sql.CallableStatement;
-import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
-import java.sql.ResultSet;
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-
-import static org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes.ENUM;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.EnumJdbcType;
 
 /**
  * Represents an {@code enum} type on MySQL.
@@ -31,60 +16,11 @@ import static org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes.ENUM;
  *
  * @see org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes#ENUM
  * @see MySQLDialect#getEnumTypeDeclaration(String, String[])
+ * @deprecated Use {@link EnumJdbcType} instead
  *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public class MySQLEnumJdbcType implements JdbcType {
+@Deprecated
+public class MySQLEnumJdbcType extends EnumJdbcType {
 
-	@Override
-	public int getJdbcTypeCode() {
-		return ENUM;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public <T> JdbcLiteralFormatter<T> getJdbcLiteralFormatter(JavaType<T> javaType) {
-		return new JdbcLiteralFormatterCharacterData<>( javaType );
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String getFriendlyName() {
-		return "ENUM";
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public <X> ValueBinder<X> getBinder(JavaType<X> javaType) {
-		return new BasicBinder<>( javaType, this ) {
-			@Override
-			protected void doBind(PreparedStatement st, X value, int index, WrapperOptions options)
-					throws SQLException {
-				st.setString( index, getJavaType().unwrap( value, String.class, options ) );
-			}
-
-			@Override
-			protected void doBind(CallableStatement st, X value, String name, WrapperOptions options)
-					throws SQLException {
-				st.setString( name, getJavaType().unwrap( value, String.class, options ) );
-			}
-		};
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public <X> ValueExtractor<X> getExtractor(JavaType<X> javaType) {
-		return new BasicExtractor<>( javaType, this ) {
-			@Override
-			protected X doExtract(ResultSet rs, int paramIndex, WrapperOptions options) throws SQLException {
-				return getJavaType().wrap( rs.getString( paramIndex ), options );
-			}
-
-			@Override
-			protected X doExtract(CallableStatement statement, int index, WrapperOptions options) throws SQLException {
-				return getJavaType().wrap( statement.getString( index ), options );
-			}
-
-			@Override
-			protected X doExtract(CallableStatement statement, String name, WrapperOptions options) throws SQLException {
-				return getJavaType().wrap( statement.getString( name ), options );
-			}
-		};
-	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLEnumJdbcType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLEnumJdbcType.java
index 18ef89b89e..ee10f5fcfc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLEnumJdbcType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLEnumJdbcType.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.sql.Types;
 import static java.util.Arrays.sort;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 import static org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes.NAMED_ENUM;
+import static org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes.OTHER;
 import static org.hibernate.type.descriptor.converter.internal.EnumHelper.getEnumeratedValues;
 
 /**
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ public class PostgreSQLEnumJdbcType implements JdbcType {
 
 	@Override
 	public int getJdbcTypeCode() {
+		return OTHER;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getDefaultSqlTypeCode() {
 		return NAMED_ENUM;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/converter/internal/EnumHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/converter/internal/EnumHelper.java
index 210cfd28e9..718beef63f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/converter/internal/EnumHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/converter/internal/EnumHelper.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package org.hibernate.type.descriptor.converter.internal;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import org.hibernate.type.BasicType;
+import org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes;
 import org.hibernate.type.Type;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.JdbcType;
 
@@ -24,11 +25,14 @@ public class EnumHelper {
 		//noinspection unchecked
 		final Class<? extends Enum<?>> enumClass = (Class<? extends Enum<?>>) javaType;
 		final String[] enumValues;
-		if ( jdbcType.isString() ) {
-			enumValues = getSortedEnumeratedValues( enumClass );
-		}
-		else {
-			enumValues = getEnumeratedValues( enumClass );
+		switch ( jdbcType.getDefaultSqlTypeCode() ) {
+			case SqlTypes.ENUM:
+			case SqlTypes.NAMED_ENUM:
+				enumValues = getSortedEnumeratedValues( enumClass );
+				break;
+			default:
+				enumValues = getEnumeratedValues( enumClass );
+				break;
 		}
 		return enumValues;
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/jdbc/EnumJdbcType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/jdbc/EnumJdbcType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ab7b3d6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/descriptor/jdbc/EnumJdbcType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc;
+
+import java.sql.CallableStatement;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.ValueBinder;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.ValueExtractor;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.WrapperOptions;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.internal.JdbcLiteralFormatterCharacterData;
+
+import static org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes.ENUM;
+import static org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes.VARCHAR;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an {@code enum} type for databases like MySQL and H2.
+ * <p>
+ * Hibernate will automatically use this for enums mapped
+ * as {@link jakarta.persistence.EnumType#STRING}.
+ *
+ * @see org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes#ENUM
+ * @see MySQLDialect#getEnumTypeDeclaration(String, String[])
+ *
+ * @author Gavin King
+ */
+public class EnumJdbcType implements JdbcType {
+
+	public static final EnumJdbcType INSTANCE = new EnumJdbcType();
+
+	@Override
+	public int getJdbcTypeCode() {
+		return VARCHAR;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getDefaultSqlTypeCode() {
+		return ENUM;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> JdbcLiteralFormatter<T> getJdbcLiteralFormatter(JavaType<T> javaType) {
+		return new JdbcLiteralFormatterCharacterData<>( javaType );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getFriendlyName() {
+		return "ENUM";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <X> ValueBinder<X> getBinder(JavaType<X> javaType) {
+		return new BasicBinder<>( javaType, this ) {
+			@Override
+			protected void doBind(PreparedStatement st, X value, int index, WrapperOptions options)
+					throws SQLException {
+				st.setString( index, getJavaType().unwrap( value, String.class, options ) );
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			protected void doBind(CallableStatement st, X value, String name, WrapperOptions options)
+					throws SQLException {
+				st.setString( name, getJavaType().unwrap( value, String.class, options ) );
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <X> ValueExtractor<X> getExtractor(JavaType<X> javaType) {
+		return new BasicExtractor<>( javaType, this ) {
+			@Override
+			protected X doExtract(ResultSet rs, int paramIndex, WrapperOptions options) throws SQLException {
+				return getJavaType().wrap( rs.getString( paramIndex ), options );
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			protected X doExtract(CallableStatement statement, int index, WrapperOptions options) throws SQLException {
+				return getJavaType().wrap( statement.getString( index ), options );
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			protected X doExtract(CallableStatement statement, String name, WrapperOptions options) throws SQLException {
+				return getJavaType().wrap( statement.getString( name ), options );
+			}
+		};
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/EnumeratedSmokeTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/EnumeratedSmokeTest.java
index b21b4ed20e..89ab385e44 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/EnumeratedSmokeTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/EnumeratedSmokeTest.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class EnumeratedSmokeTest {
 		}
 		else {
 //			Assertions.assertThat( valueConverter ).isInstanceOf( NamedEnumValueConverter.class );
-			Assertions.assertThat(jdbcType.isString() || jdbcType.getJdbcTypeCode() == SqlTypes.ENUM).isTrue();
+			Assertions.assertThat( jdbcType.isString() || jdbcType.getDefaultSqlTypeCode() == SqlTypes.ENUM ).isTrue();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/ormXml/OrmXmlEnumTypeTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/ormXml/OrmXmlEnumTypeTest.java
index a0780d5923..2fe18a300b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/ormXml/OrmXmlEnumTypeTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/annotations/enumerated/ormXml/OrmXmlEnumTypeTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class OrmXmlEnumTypeTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 			BasicTypeImpl<?> enumMapping = ExtraAssertions.assertTyping( BasicTypeImpl.class, bindingPropertyType );
 			assertEquals(
 					jdbcTypeRegistry.getDescriptor( jdbcTypeRegistry.hasRegisteredDescriptor( ENUM ) ? ENUM : VARCHAR ),
-					jdbcTypeRegistry.getDescriptor( enumMapping.getJdbcType().getJdbcTypeCode() )
+					jdbcTypeRegistry.getDescriptor( enumMapping.getJdbcType().getDefaultSqlTypeCode() )
 			);
 		}
 		finally {