diff --git a/spring-ai-core/pom.xml b/spring-ai-core/pom.xml
index 6cd1c4617..bf7da5411 100644
--- a/spring-ai-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-core/pom.xml
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-webflux</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
+			<groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
+			<artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-messaging</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml b/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml
index 21bfe14a7..7aeaa0c52 100644
--- a/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-openai/pom.xml
@@ -60,17 +60,17 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
-			<artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-webflux</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/NativeHints.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/NativeHints.java
index bd420cca6..e4cff74d3 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/NativeHints.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/NativeHints.java
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 package org.springframework.ai.autoconfigure;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.ai.openai.api.OpenAiApi;
+import org.springframework.ai.vertex.api.VertexAiApi;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.MemberCategory;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AnnotationTypeFilter;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AnnotationTypeFilter;
-import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
-
 /***
  * Native hints
  *
@@ -25,26 +26,44 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
  */
 public class NativeHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
 
+	static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NativeHints.class);
+
 	@Override
 	public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, ClassLoader classLoader) {
-		new KnuddelsHints().registerHints(hints, classLoader);
-		new PdfReaderHints().registerHints(hints, classLoader);
-		new OpenAiHints().registerHints(hints, classLoader);
+
+		for (var h : Set.of(new VertexAiHints(), new OpenAiHints(), new PdfReaderHints(), new KnuddelsHints()))
+			h.registerHints(hints, classLoader);
+
 		hints.resources().registerResource(new ClassPathResource("embedding/embedding-model-dimensions.properties"));
 	}
 
-	static class OpenAiHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
+	private static Set<TypeReference> findJsonAnnotatedClasses(Class<?> packageClass) {
+		var packageName = packageClass.getPackageName();
+		var classPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider = new ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider(false);
+		classPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.addIncludeFilter(new AnnotationTypeFilter(JsonInclude.class));
+		return classPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.findCandidateComponents(packageName)
+			.stream()
+			.map(bd -> TypeReference.of(Objects.requireNonNull(bd.getBeanClassName())))
+			.peek(tr -> {
+				if (log.isDebugEnabled())
+					log.debug("registering [" + tr.getName() + ']');
+			})
+			.collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableSet());
+	}
 
-		private static Set<TypeReference> findJsonAnnotatedClasses(Class<?> packageClass) {
-			var packageName = packageClass.getPackageName();
-			var classPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider = new ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider(false);
-			classPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.addIncludeFilter(new AnnotationTypeFilter(JsonInclude.class));
-			return classPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.findCandidateComponents(packageName)
-				.stream()
-				.map(bd -> TypeReference.of(Objects.requireNonNull(bd.getBeanClassName())))
-				.collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableSet());
+	static class VertexAiHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
+
+		@Override
+		public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+			var mcs = MemberCategory.values();
+			for (var tr : findJsonAnnotatedClasses(VertexAiApi.class))
+				hints.reflection().registerType(tr, mcs);
 		}
 
+	}
+
+	static class OpenAiHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
+
 		@Override
 		public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, ClassLoader classLoader) {
 			var mcs = MemberCategory.values();
diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vertexai/VertexAiAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vertexai/VertexAiAutoConfiguration.java
index 4a08c3221..8cab8410d 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vertexai/VertexAiAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/vertexai/VertexAiAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.ai.autoconfigure.vertexai;
 
+import org.springframework.ai.autoconfigure.NativeHints;
 import org.springframework.ai.vertex.api.VertexAiApi;
 import org.springframework.ai.vertex.embedding.VertexAiEmbeddingClient;
 import org.springframework.ai.vertex.generation.VertexAiChatClient;
@@ -24,10 +25,12 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportRuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestClient;
 
 @AutoConfiguration
 @ConditionalOnClass(VertexAiApi.class)
+@ImportRuntimeHints(NativeHints.class)
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ VertexAiConnectionProperties.class, VertexAiChatProperties.class,
 		VertexAiEmbeddingProperties.class })
 public class VertexAiAutoConfiguration {