diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
index 4761f2a14f..c86d991772 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractExchangeHandler.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractExchangeHandler.java
index 1df697b466..3dd7a49937 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractExchangeHandler.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractExchangeHandler.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.restdocs.webtestclient.WebTestClientRestDocumentation
 import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.EntityExchangeResult;
 import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.support.StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest;
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ public class ContractExchangeHandler extends WireMockVerifyHelper<EntityExchange
 
 class WireMockHttpRequestAdapter implements Request {
 
+	private static final boolean SERVLET_API_PRESENT = ClassUtils.isPresent("jakarta.servlet.http.Part", null);
+
 	private EntityExchangeResult<?> result;
 
 	WireMockHttpRequestAdapter(EntityExchangeResult<?> result) {
@@ -246,6 +250,9 @@ class WireMockHttpRequestAdapter implements Request {
 	@Override
 	public Collection<Part> getParts() {
 		try {
+			if (!SERVLET_API_PRESENT) {
+				return Collections.emptyList();
+			}
 			return getWireMockParts();
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {