diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/pulsar/PulsarPropertiesMapper.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/pulsar/PulsarPropertiesMapper.java
index cad895b269..36f8d80cdb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/pulsar/PulsarPropertiesMapper.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/pulsar/PulsarPropertiesMapper.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.admin.PulsarAdminBuilder;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Authentication;
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ServiceUrlProvider;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.AutoClusterFailover.AutoClusterFailoverBuilderImpl;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.PropertyMapper;
+import org.springframework.boot.json.JsonWriter;
 import org.springframework.pulsar.core.PulsarTemplate;
 import org.springframework.pulsar.listener.PulsarContainerProperties;
 import org.springframework.pulsar.reader.PulsarReaderContainerProperties;
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 final class PulsarPropertiesMapper {
 
+	private static final JsonWriter<Map<String, String>> jsonWriter = JsonWriter
+		.of((members) -> members.addSelf().as(TreeMap::new).usingPairs(Map::forEach));
+
 	private final PulsarProperties properties;
 
 	PulsarPropertiesMapper(PulsarProperties properties) {
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ final class PulsarPropertiesMapper {
 		String pluginClassName = properties.getPluginClassName();
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(pluginClassName)) {
 			try {
-				action.accept(pluginClassName, getAuthenticationParamsJson(properties.getParam()));
+				action.accept(pluginClassName, jsonWriter.writeToString(properties.getParam()));
 			}
 			catch (UnsupportedAuthenticationException ex) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to configure Pulsar authentication", ex);
@@ -132,30 +135,6 @@ final class PulsarPropertiesMapper {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private String getAuthenticationParamsJson(Map<String, String> params) {
-		Map<String, String> sortedParams = new TreeMap<>(params);
-		try {
-			return sortedParams.entrySet()
-				.stream()
-				.map((entry) -> "\"%s\":\"%s\"".formatted(entry.getKey(), escapeJson(entry.getValue())))
-				.collect(Collectors.joining(",", "{", "}"));
-		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not convert auth parameters to encoded string", ex);
-		}
-	}
-
-	private String escapeJson(String raw) {
-		return raw.replace("\\", "\\\\")
-			.replace("\"", "\\\"")
-			.replace("/", "\\/")
-			.replace("\b", "\\b")
-			.replace("\t", "\\t")
-			.replace("\n", "\\n")
-			.replace("\f", "\\f")
-			.replace("\r", "\\r");
-	}
-
 	<T> void customizeProducerBuilder(ProducerBuilder<T> producerBuilder) {
 		PulsarProperties.Producer properties = this.properties.getProducer();
 		PropertyMapper map = PropertyMapper.get().alwaysApplyingWhenNonNull();