diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/plugin/core/aot/PluginRegistryRuntimeHints.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/plugin/core/aot/PluginRegistryRuntimeHints.java
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+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/plugin/core/aot/PluginRegistryRuntimeHints.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.plugin.core.aot;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy;
+import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
+import org.springframework.core.DecoratingProxy;
+import org.springframework.plugin.core.support.AbstractTypeAwareSupport;
+
+/**
+ * Registers proxy runtime hints to make sure {@link AbstractTypeAwareSupport} can create a {@link List} proxy as
+ * needed.
+ *
+ * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+class PluginRegistryRuntimeHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar#registerHints(org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints, java.lang.ClassLoader)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+		hints.proxies().registerJdkProxy(List.class, SpringProxy.class, Advised.class, DecoratingProxy.class);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories b/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories
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+org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar=\
+    org.springframework.plugin.core.aot.PluginRegistryRuntimeHints