diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index d08800519da3..9e22156831b0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -698,6 +698,17 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "logging.structured.json.customizer",
+      "providers": [
+        {
+          "name": "handle-as",
+          "parameters": {
+            "target": "java.lang.Class"
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "name": "spring.config.import",
       "values": [