diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index df2acc749ff19d..49159f0ad54ec5 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         <netty.version>4.1.74.Final</netty.version>
         <reactive-streams.version>1.0.3</reactive-streams.version>
         <jboss-logging.version>3.5.0.Final</jboss-logging.version>
-        <mutiny.version>1.5.0</mutiny.version>
+        <mutiny.version>1.6.0</mutiny.version>
         <kafka3.version>3.1.0</kafka3.version>
         <lz4.version>1.8.0</lz4.version> <!-- dependency of the kafka-clients that could be overridden by other imported BOMs in the platform -->
         <snappy.version>1.1.8.4</snappy.version>
diff --git a/extensions/mutiny/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/deployment/MutinyProcessor.java b/extensions/mutiny/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/deployment/MutinyProcessor.java
index 84206cabbff948..0f6434807dd91c 100644
--- a/extensions/mutiny/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/deployment/MutinyProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/mutiny/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/deployment/MutinyProcessor.java
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package io.quarkus.mutiny.deployment;
 
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
+import org.jboss.threads.ContextHandler;
+
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.ExecutionTime;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.Record;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ContextHandlerBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ExecutorBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ShutdownContextBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.mutiny.runtime.MutinyInfrastructure;
@@ -13,10 +17,13 @@ public class MutinyProcessor {
 
     @BuildStep
     @Record(ExecutionTime.RUNTIME_INIT)
-    public void runtimeInit(ExecutorBuildItem executorBuildItem, MutinyInfrastructure recorder,
-            ShutdownContextBuildItem shutdownContext) {
+    public void runtimeInit(ExecutorBuildItem executorBuildItem,
+            MutinyInfrastructure recorder,
+            ShutdownContextBuildItem shutdownContext,
+            Optional<ContextHandlerBuildItem> contextHandler) {
         ExecutorService executor = executorBuildItem.getExecutorProxy();
-        recorder.configureMutinyInfrastructure(executor, shutdownContext);
+        ContextHandler<Object> handler = contextHandler.map(ContextHandlerBuildItem::contextHandler).orElse(null);
+        recorder.configureMutinyInfrastructure(executor, shutdownContext, handler);
     }
 
     @BuildStep
diff --git a/extensions/mutiny/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/runtime/ContextualRunnableScheduledFuture.java b/extensions/mutiny/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/runtime/ContextualRunnableScheduledFuture.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a8da87aa3dd90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/mutiny/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/runtime/ContextualRunnableScheduledFuture.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package io.quarkus.mutiny.runtime;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Delayed;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.RunnableScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+
+import org.jboss.threads.ContextHandler;
+
+class ContextualRunnableScheduledFuture<V> implements RunnableScheduledFuture<V> {
+    private final RunnableScheduledFuture<V> runnable;
+    private final Object context;
+    private final ContextHandler<Object> contextHandler;
+
+    public ContextualRunnableScheduledFuture(ContextHandler<Object> contextHandler, Object context,
+            RunnableScheduledFuture<V> runnable) {
+        this.contextHandler = contextHandler;
+        this.context = context;
+        this.runnable = runnable;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isPeriodic() {
+        return runnable.isPeriodic();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getDelay(TimeUnit unit) {
+        return runnable.getDelay(unit);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Delayed o) {
+        return runnable.compareTo(o);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        if (contextHandler != null) {
+            contextHandler.runWith(runnable, context);
+        } else {
+            runnable.run();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean cancel(boolean mayInterruptIfRunning) {
+        return runnable.cancel(mayInterruptIfRunning);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCancelled() {
+        return runnable.isCancelled();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isDone() {
+        return runnable.isDone();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public V get() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+        return runnable.get();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public V get(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
+        return runnable.get(timeout, unit);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/mutiny/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/runtime/MutinyInfrastructure.java b/extensions/mutiny/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/runtime/MutinyInfrastructure.java
index 3d606f5fd71bb2..bccee939eb21e5 100644
--- a/extensions/mutiny/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/runtime/MutinyInfrastructure.java
+++ b/extensions/mutiny/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/mutiny/runtime/MutinyInfrastructure.java
@@ -1,42 +1,153 @@
 package io.quarkus.mutiny.runtime;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.RunnableScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.BooleanSupplier;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+import org.jboss.threads.ContextHandler;
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.ShutdownContext;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.Recorder;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.infrastructure.Infrastructure;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.infrastructure.MutinyScheduler;
 
 @Recorder
 public class MutinyInfrastructure {
 
     public static final String VERTX_EVENT_LOOP_THREAD_PREFIX = "vert.x-eventloop-thread-";
 
-    public void configureMutinyInfrastructure(ExecutorService exec, ShutdownContext shutdownContext) {
-        //mutiny leaks a ScheduledExecutorService if you don't do this
+    public void configureMutinyInfrastructure(ExecutorService executor, ShutdownContext shutdownContext,
+            ContextHandler<Object> contextHandler) {
+        // Mutiny leaks a ScheduledExecutorService if we don't do this
         Infrastructure.getDefaultWorkerPool().shutdown();
-        Infrastructure.setDefaultExecutor(new Executor() {
+
+        // Since executor is not a ScheduledExecutorService and Mutiny needs one for scheduling we have to adapt one around the provided executor
+        MutinyScheduler mutinyScheduler = new MutinyScheduler(executor) {
+            @Override
+            protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(Runnable runnable, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task) {
+                Object context = (contextHandler != null) ? contextHandler.captureContext() : null;
+                return super.decorateTask(runnable, new ContextualRunnableScheduledFuture<>(contextHandler, context, task));
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            protected <V> RunnableScheduledFuture<V> decorateTask(Callable<V> callable, RunnableScheduledFuture<V> task) {
+                Object context = (contextHandler != null) ? contextHandler.captureContext() : null;
+                return super.decorateTask(callable, new ContextualRunnableScheduledFuture<>(contextHandler, context, task));
+            }
+        };
+        Infrastructure.setDefaultExecutor(new ScheduledExecutorService() {
+
+            @Override
+            public ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(Runnable command, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
+                return mutinyScheduler.schedule(command, delay, unit);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public <V> ScheduledFuture<V> schedule(Callable<V> callable, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
+                return mutinyScheduler.schedule(callable, delay, unit);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleAtFixedRate(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long period, TimeUnit unit) {
+                return mutinyScheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(command, initialDelay, period, unit);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public ScheduledFuture<?> scheduleWithFixedDelay(Runnable command, long initialDelay, long delay, TimeUnit unit) {
+                return mutinyScheduler.scheduleWithFixedDelay(command, initialDelay, delay, unit);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void shutdown() {
+                mutinyScheduler.shutdown(); // ...but do not shut `executor` down
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public List<Runnable> shutdownNow() {
+                return mutinyScheduler.shutdownNow();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isShutdown() {
+                return mutinyScheduler.isShutdown();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isTerminated() {
+                return mutinyScheduler.isTerminated();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean awaitTermination(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
+                return mutinyScheduler.awaitTermination(timeout, unit);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public <T> Future<T> submit(Callable<T> task) {
+                return executor.submit(task);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public <T> Future<T> submit(Runnable task, T result) {
+                return executor.submit(task, result);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public Future<?> submit(Runnable task) {
+                return executor.submit(task);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public <T> List<Future<T>> invokeAll(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks) throws InterruptedException {
+                return executor.invokeAll(tasks);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public <T> List<Future<T>> invokeAll(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
+                    throws InterruptedException {
+                return executor.invokeAll(tasks, timeout, unit);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public <T> T invokeAny(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+                return executor.invokeAny(tasks);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public <T> T invokeAny(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
+                    throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
+                return executor.invokeAny(tasks, timeout, unit);
+            }
+
             @Override
             public void execute(Runnable command) {
                 try {
-                    exec.execute(command);
-                } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
-                    if (!exec.isShutdown() && !exec.isTerminated()) {
-                        throw e;
+                    executor.execute(command);
+                } catch (RejectedExecutionException rejected) {
+                    // Ignore submission failures on application shutdown
+                    if (!executor.isShutdown() && !executor.isTerminated()) {
+                        throw rejected;
                     }
-                    // Ignore the failure - the application has been shutdown.
                 }
             }
         });
+
         shutdownContext.addLastShutdownTask(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
-                Infrastructure.getDefaultWorkerPool().shutdown();
+                mutinyScheduler.shutdown();
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/runtime/VertxCoreRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/runtime/VertxCoreRecorder.java
index 92f005e9f0b0f9..8baee4f4ed04dc 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/runtime/VertxCoreRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/core/runtime/VertxCoreRecorder.java
@@ -546,14 +546,15 @@ public Object captureContext() {
 
             @Override
             public void runWith(Runnable task, Object context) {
-                if (context != null) {
+                ContextInternal currentContext = (ContextInternal) Vertx.currentContext();
+                if (context != null && context != currentContext) {
                     // Only do context handling if it's non null
                     final ContextInternal vertxContext = (ContextInternal) context;
                     vertxContext.beginDispatch();
                     try {
                         task.run();
                     } finally {
-                        vertxContext.endDispatch(null);
+                        vertxContext.endDispatch(currentContext);
                     }
                 } else {
                     task.run();
diff --git a/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/regression/bug25818/BlockingService.java b/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/regression/bug25818/BlockingService.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8d90464e7455b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/regression/bug25818/BlockingService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.resteasy.mutiny.regression.bug25818;
+
+import javax.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+
+import io.vertx.core.Context;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class BlockingService {
+
+    public String getBlocking() {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(250);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        Context context = Vertx.currentContext();
+        if (context == null) {
+            return "~~ context is null ~~";
+        } else {
+            return "hello-" + context.getLocal("hello-target");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/regression/bug25818/ReproducerResource.java b/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/regression/bug25818/ReproducerResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f1bda2b1aec4cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/regression/bug25818/ReproducerResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.resteasy.mutiny.regression.bug25818;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.infrastructure.Infrastructure;
+import io.vertx.core.Context;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+
+@Path("/reproducer/25818")
+public class ReproducerResource {
+
+    private final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ReproducerResource.class);
+
+    @Inject
+    BlockingService service;
+
+    private void addToContext() {
+        Vertx.currentContext().putLocal("hello-target", "you");
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/worker-pool")
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    public Uni<String> workerPool() {
+        logger.info("worker pool endpoint");
+        addToContext();
+        return Uni.createFrom()
+                .item(service::getBlocking)
+                .runSubscriptionOn(Infrastructure.getDefaultWorkerPool());
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/default-executor")
+    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
+    public Uni<String> defaultExecutor() {
+        logger.info("default executor endpoint");
+        addToContext();
+        return Uni.createFrom()
+                .item(service::getBlocking)
+                .runSubscriptionOn(Infrastructure.getDefaultExecutor());
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/worker-pool-submit")
+    public Uni<String> workerPoolSubmit() {
+        Vertx.currentContext().putLocal("yolo", "yolo");
+        return Uni.createFrom().emitter(emitter -> {
+            Infrastructure.getDefaultWorkerPool().submit(() -> {
+                Context ctx = Vertx.currentContext();
+                if (ctx != null) {
+                    emitter.complete("yolo -> " + ctx.getLocal("yolo"));
+                } else {
+                    emitter.complete("Context was null");
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("/worker-pool-schedule")
+    public Uni<String> workerPoolSchedule() {
+        Vertx.currentContext().putLocal("yolo", "yolo");
+        return Uni.createFrom().emitter(emitter -> {
+            Infrastructure.getDefaultWorkerPool().schedule(() -> {
+                Context ctx = Vertx.currentContext();
+                if (ctx != null) {
+                    emitter.complete("yolo -> " + ctx.getLocal("yolo"));
+                } else {
+                    emitter.complete("Context was null");
+                }
+            }, 25, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/RegressionTest.java b/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/RegressionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e5c059289ef416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/resteasy-mutiny/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/resteasy/mutiny/RegressionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package io.quarkus.it.resteasy.mutiny;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.get;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+
+@QuarkusTest
+public class RegressionTest {
+
+    @Nested
+    @DisplayName("Regression tests for #25818 (see https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/25818)")
+    public class Bug25818 {
+
+        @Test
+        public void testDefaultExecutor() {
+            get("/reproducer/25818/default-executor")
+                    .then()
+                    .body(is("hello-you"))
+                    .statusCode(200);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void testWorkerPool() {
+            get("/reproducer/25818/worker-pool")
+                    .then()
+                    .body(is("hello-you"))
+                    .statusCode(200);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void yolo1() {
+            get("/reproducer/25818/worker-pool-submit")
+                    .then()
+                    .body(is("yolo -> yolo"))
+                    .statusCode(200);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        public void yolo2() {
+            get("/reproducer/25818/worker-pool-schedule")
+                    .then()
+                    .body(is("yolo -> yolo"))
+                    .statusCode(200);
+        }
+    }
+}