diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
index 72fae808ce..a0944b5bda 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -99,7 +100,14 @@ private List<Module> filterModules() {
                         commonConfig.getRuntimeType(),
                         CommonProperties.JSON_JACKSON_ENABLED_MODULES, String.class);
 
-        final List<Module> modules = ObjectMapper.findModules();
+        final List<Module> modules;
+        try {
+            modules = ObjectMapper.findModules();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.warning(LocalizationMessages.ERROR_MODULES_NOT_LOADED(e.getMessage()));
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
         modules.removeIf(mod -> mod.getModuleName().contains(EXCLUDE_MODULE_NAME));
 
         if (enabledModules != null && !enabledModules.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties b/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties
index f8b59da71c..a9144fd496 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2023, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 #
 # This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 # terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
 #
 
-error.jackson.streamreadconstraints=Error setting StreamReadConstraints: {0}. Possibly not Jackson 2.15?
\ No newline at end of file
+error.jackson.streamreadconstraints=Error setting StreamReadConstraints: {0}. Possibly not Jackson 2.15?
+error.modules.not.loaded=Jackson modules could not be loaded: {0}
\ No newline at end of file