diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java
index f32cb7327b77a..0b6eddb255515 100644
--- a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/deployment/WebSocketProcessor.java
@@ -1594,10 +1594,10 @@ static boolean hasBlockingSignature(MethodInfo method) {
         if (KotlinUtils.isKotlinSuspendMethod(method)) {
             return false;
         }
-
         switch (method.returnType().kind()) {
             case VOID:
             case CLASS:
+            case ARRAY:
                 return true;
             case PARAMETERIZED_TYPE:
                 // Uni, Multi -> non-blocking
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ArrayBinaryCodecTest.java b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ArrayBinaryCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..82dd8aa42d889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ArrayBinaryCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.codec;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.BinaryMessageCodec;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.OnBinaryMessage;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.WebSocket;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.utils.WSClient;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
+
+public class ArrayBinaryCodecTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    public static final QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot(root -> {
+                root.addClasses(Item.class, Endpoint.class, WSClient.class, ItemArrayBinaryCodec.class);
+            });
+
+    @Inject
+    Vertx vertx;
+
+    @TestHTTPResource("end")
+    URI testUri;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCodec() {
+        try (WSClient client = new WSClient(vertx)) {
+            client.connect(testUri);
+            client.sendAndAwait(Buffer.buffer("Foo"));
+            client.waitForMessages(1);
+            assertEquals("Foo", client.getMessages().get(0).toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Singleton
+    public static class ItemArrayBinaryCodec implements BinaryMessageCodec<Item[]> {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean supports(Type type) {
+            return (type instanceof GenericArrayType) || (type instanceof Class<?> && ((Class<?>) type).isArray());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Buffer encode(Item[] value) {
+            return Buffer.buffer(value[0].getName());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Item[] decode(Type type, Buffer value) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @WebSocket(path = "/end")
+    public static class Endpoint {
+
+        @OnBinaryMessage
+        Item[] process(String name) {
+            Item item = new Item();
+            item.setName(name);
+            item.setCount(1);
+            return new Item[] { item };
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ArrayTextCodecTest.java b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ArrayTextCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9bd6d0bc1bc1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ArrayTextCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.codec;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.OnOpen;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.WebSocket;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.utils.WSClient;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import io.vertx.core.json.JsonArray;
+import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
+
+public class ArrayTextCodecTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    public static final QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot(root -> {
+                root.addClasses(Item.class, Endpont.class, WSClient.class);
+            });
+
+    @Inject
+    Vertx vertx;
+
+    @TestHTTPResource("end")
+    URI testUri;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCodec() throws Exception {
+        try (WSClient client = new WSClient(vertx)) {
+            client.connect(testUri);
+            client.waitForMessages(1);
+            assertEquals(new JsonArray().add(new JsonObject().put("name", "Foo").put("count", 1)).toString(),
+                    client.getMessages().get(0).toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @WebSocket(path = "/end")
+    public static class Endpont {
+
+        // The default JsonTextMessageCodec is used
+        @OnOpen
+        Item[] open() {
+            Item item = new Item();
+            item.setName("Foo");
+            item.setCount(1);
+            return new Item[] { item };
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ByteArrayBinaryMessageTest.java b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ByteArrayBinaryMessageTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..988db21af3eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/codec/ByteArrayBinaryMessageTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.codec;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.OnBinaryMessage;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.WebSocket;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.utils.WSClient;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
+
+public class ByteArrayBinaryMessageTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    public static final QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot(root -> {
+                root.addClasses(Endpont.class, WSClient.class);
+            });
+
+    @Inject
+    Vertx vertx;
+
+    @TestHTTPResource("end")
+    URI testUri;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCodec() throws Exception {
+        try (WSClient client = new WSClient(vertx)) {
+            client.connect(testUri);
+            client.send(Buffer.buffer("43"));
+            client.waitForMessages(1);
+            assertEquals("43", client.getMessages().get(0).toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @WebSocket(path = "/end")
+    public static class Endpont {
+
+        // This is an equivalent to Sender#sendBinary(byte[])
+        // byte[] is encoded with Buffer#buffer(byte[]), codec is not needed
+        @OnBinaryMessage
+        byte[] echo(Buffer message) {
+            return message.getBytes();
+        }
+
+    }
+}