diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/AmazonLambdaRecorder.java b/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/AmazonLambdaRecorder.java
index dbec82f28d10d..5d8ce207a88e1 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/AmazonLambdaRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/amazon/lambda/runtime/AmazonLambdaRecorder.java
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ public void setHandlerClass(Class<? extends RequestHandler<?, ?>> handler, BeanC
      */
     public static void handle(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream, Context context) throws IOException {
         if (streamHandlerClass != null) {
-            RequestStreamHandler handler = beanContainer.instance(streamHandlerClass);
+            RequestStreamHandler handler = beanContainer.beanInstance(streamHandlerClass);
             handler.handleRequest(inputStream, outputStream, context);
         } else {
             Object request = objectReader.readValue(inputStream);
-            RequestHandler handler = beanContainer.instance(handlerClass);
+            RequestHandler handler = beanContainer.beanInstance(handlerClass);
             Object response = handler.handleRequest(request, context);
             objectWriter.writeValue(outputStream, response);
         }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public void startPollLoop(ShutdownContext context, LaunchMode launchMode) {
 
             @Override
             protected Object processRequest(Object input, AmazonLambdaContext context) throws Exception {
-                RequestHandler handler = beanContainer.instance(handlerClass);
+                RequestHandler handler = beanContainer.beanInstance(handlerClass);
                 return handler.handleRequest(input, context);
             }
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ protected boolean isStream() {
             @Override
             protected void processRequest(InputStream input, OutputStream output, AmazonLambdaContext context)
                     throws Exception {
-                RequestStreamHandler handler = beanContainer.instance(streamHandlerClass);
+                RequestStreamHandler handler = beanContainer.beanInstance(streamHandlerClass);
                 handler.handleRequest(input, output, context);
 
             }
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/unused/UnusedExclusionTest.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/unused/UnusedExclusionTest.java
index 3f81e738c8f6a..03a84facdf2dd 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/unused/UnusedExclusionTest.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/arc/test/unused/UnusedExclusionTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public static class TestRecorder {
 
         public void test(BeanContainer beanContainer) {
             // This should trigger the warning - Gama was removed
-            Gama gama = beanContainer.instance(Gama.class);
+            Gama gama = beanContainer.beanInstance(Gama.class);
             // Test that fallback was used - no injection was performed
             Assertions.assertNull(gama.beanManager);
         }
diff --git a/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainer.java b/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainer.java
index df187a9e0c94c..77dfa066f4e78 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainer.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainer.java
@@ -10,11 +10,33 @@
 public interface BeanContainer {
 
     /**
+     * Returns a bean instance for given bean type and qualifiers.
+     * <p/>
+     * This method follows standard CDI rules meaning that if there are two or more eligible beans, an ambiguous
+     * dependency exception is thrown.
+     * Note that the method is allowed to return {@code null} if there is no matching bean which allows
+     * for fallback implementations.
      *
      * @param type
      * @param qualifiers
      * @return a bean instance or {@code null} if no matching bean is found
      */
+    default <T> T beanInstance(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
+        return beanInstanceFactory(type, qualifiers).create().get();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is deprecated and will be removed in future versions.
+     * Use {@link #beanInstance(Class, Annotation...)} instead.
+     * </p>
+     * As opposed to {@link #beanInstance(Class, Annotation...)}, this method does <b>NOT</b> follow CDI
+     * resolution rules and in case of ambiguous resolution performs a choice based on the class type parameter.
+     *
+     * @param type
+     * @param qualifiers
+     * @return a bean instance or {@code null} if no matching bean is found
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     default <T> T instance(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
         return instanceFactory(type, qualifiers).create().get();
     }
@@ -31,6 +53,20 @@ default <T> T instance(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
      * @param qualifiers
      * @return a bean instance factory, never {@code null}
      */
+    <T> Factory<T> beanInstanceFactory(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers);
+
+    /**
+     * This method is deprecated and will be removed in future versions.
+     * Use {@link #beanInstanceFactory(Class, Annotation...)} instead.
+     * </p>
+     * As opposed to {@link #beanInstanceFactory(Class, Annotation...)}, this method does <b>NOT</b> follow CDI
+     * resolution rules and in case of ambiguous resolution performs a choice based on the class type parameter.
+     *
+     * @param type
+     * @param qualifiers
+     * @return a bean instance factory, never {@code null}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     <T> Factory<T> instanceFactory(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers);
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainerImpl.java b/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainerImpl.java
index a2b2d46495c41..de4a28e5c11df 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainerImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/runtime/BeanContainerImpl.java
@@ -21,9 +21,19 @@ public BeanContainerImpl(ArcContainer container) {
         this.container = container;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public <T> Factory<T> beanInstanceFactory(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
+        Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> handleSupplier = container.beanInstanceSupplier(type, qualifiers);
+        return createFactory(handleSupplier, type, qualifiers);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public <T> Factory<T> instanceFactory(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
         Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> handleSupplier = container.instanceSupplier(type, qualifiers);
+        return createFactory(handleSupplier, type, qualifiers);
+    }
+
+    private <T> Factory<T> createFactory(Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> handleSupplier, Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
         if (handleSupplier == null) {
             LOGGER.debugf(
                     "No matching bean found for type %s and qualifiers %s. The bean might have been marked as unused and removed during build.",
diff --git a/extensions/elytron-security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/elytron/security/runtime/ElytronRecorder.java b/extensions/elytron-security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/elytron/security/runtime/ElytronRecorder.java
index 1285e779a7486..a2ebff71bc80e 100644
--- a/extensions/elytron-security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/elytron/security/runtime/ElytronRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/elytron-security/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/elytron/security/runtime/ElytronRecorder.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public void runLoadTask(Runnable runnable) {
     }
 
     public void setDomainForIdentityProvider(BeanContainer bc, RuntimeValue<SecurityDomain> domain) {
-        bc.instance(ElytronSecurityDomainManager.class).setDomain(domain.getValue());
+        bc.beanInstance(ElytronSecurityDomainManager.class).setDomain(domain.getValue());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/extensions/funqy/funqy-google-cloud-functions/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/gcp/functions/FunqyCloudFunctionsBindingRecorder.java b/extensions/funqy/funqy-google-cloud-functions/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/gcp/functions/FunqyCloudFunctionsBindingRecorder.java
index e643ac84819e4..4ae45066d22e2 100644
--- a/extensions/funqy/funqy-google-cloud-functions/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/gcp/functions/FunqyCloudFunctionsBindingRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/funqy/funqy-google-cloud-functions/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/gcp/functions/FunqyCloudFunctionsBindingRecorder.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class FunqyCloudFunctionsBindingRecorder {
 
     public void init(BeanContainer bc) {
         beanContainer = bc;
-        objectMapper = beanContainer.instance(ObjectMapper.class);
+        objectMapper = beanContainer.beanInstance(ObjectMapper.class);
 
         for (FunctionInvoker invoker : FunctionRecorder.registry.invokers()) {
             if (invoker.hasInput()) {
diff --git a/extensions/funqy/funqy-server-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/FunctionConstructor.java b/extensions/funqy/funqy-server-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/FunctionConstructor.java
index d6f2f25386c6e..56abc399ebcb6 100644
--- a/extensions/funqy/funqy-server-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/FunctionConstructor.java
+++ b/extensions/funqy/funqy-server-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/FunctionConstructor.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public FunctionConstructor(Class<T> cls) {
 
     public T construct() {
         if (factory == null)
-            factory = CONTAINER.instanceFactory(cls);
+            factory = CONTAINER.beanInstanceFactory(cls);
         return factory.create().get();
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRecorder.java b/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRecorder.java
index f5c22b8521543..31a74d5dabfad 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/runtime/HibernateOrmRecorder.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public DataSourceTenantConnectionResolver get() {
     }
 
     public void startAllPersistenceUnits(BeanContainer beanContainer) {
-        beanContainer.instance(JPAConfig.class).startAll();
+        beanContainer.beanInstance(JPAConfig.class).startAll();
     }
 
     public Supplier<SessionFactory> sessionFactorySupplier(String persistenceUnitName) {
diff --git a/extensions/infinispan-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/infinispan/client/runtime/InfinispanRecorder.java b/extensions/infinispan-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/infinispan/client/runtime/InfinispanRecorder.java
index 49f4466156a26..5534f9658d78c 100644
--- a/extensions/infinispan-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/infinispan/client/runtime/InfinispanRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/infinispan-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/infinispan/client/runtime/InfinispanRecorder.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class InfinispanRecorder {
 
     public BeanContainerListener configureInfinispan(@RelaxedValidation Properties properties) {
         return container -> {
-            InfinispanClientProducer instance = container.instance(InfinispanClientProducer.class);
+            InfinispanClientProducer instance = container.beanInstance(InfinispanClientProducer.class);
             instance.configure(properties);
         };
     }
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/runtime/QuarkusConstructorInjector.java b/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/runtime/QuarkusConstructorInjector.java
index 218b5e6a3d6ef..df4ac2bf252a9 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/runtime/QuarkusConstructorInjector.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-classic/resteasy-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/common/runtime/QuarkusConstructorInjector.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public Object construct(boolean unwrapAsync) {
         if (factory != null) {
             return factory.get().get();
         }
-        factory = Arc.container().instanceSupplier(this.ctor.getDeclaringClass());
+        factory = Arc.container().beanInstanceSupplier(this.ctor.getDeclaringClass());
         if (factory == null) {
             return delegate.construct(unwrapAsync);
         }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public Object construct(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, boolean unwr
         if (factory != null) {
             return factory.get().get();
         }
-        factory = Arc.container().instanceSupplier(this.ctor.getDeclaringClass());
+        factory = Arc.container().beanInstanceSupplier(this.ctor.getDeclaringClass());
         if (factory == null) {
             return delegate.construct(request, response, unwrapAsync);
         }
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/runtime/ArcBeanFactory.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/runtime/ArcBeanFactory.java
index c44b8bb45458c..25656077526e0 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/runtime/ArcBeanFactory.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/common/runtime/ArcBeanFactory.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class ArcBeanFactory<T> implements BeanFactory<T> {
 
     public ArcBeanFactory(Class<T> target, BeanContainer beanContainer) {
         targetClassName = target.getName();
-        factory = beanContainer.instanceFactory(target);
+        factory = beanContainer.beanInstanceFactory(target);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/runtime/ResteasyReactiveRecorder.java b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/runtime/ResteasyReactiveRecorder.java
index bff2c062d5962..b884ee5a741b8 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/runtime/ResteasyReactiveRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/quarkus-resteasy-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/resteasy/reactive/server/runtime/ResteasyReactiveRecorder.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public RuntimeValue<Deployment> createDeployment(DeploymentInfo info,
         }
 
         CurrentRequestManager
-                .setCurrentRequestInstance(new QuarkusCurrentRequest(beanContainer.instance(CurrentVertxRequest.class)));
+                .setCurrentRequestInstance(new QuarkusCurrentRequest(beanContainer.beanInstance(CurrentVertxRequest.class)));
 
         BlockingOperationSupport.setIoThreadDetector(new BlockingOperationSupport.IOThreadDetector() {
             @Override
diff --git a/extensions/security-webauthn/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/webauthn/WebAuthnRecorder.java b/extensions/security-webauthn/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/webauthn/WebAuthnRecorder.java
index ff44d478c63c8..72fe655cb61ba 100644
--- a/extensions/security-webauthn/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/webauthn/WebAuthnRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/security-webauthn/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/webauthn/WebAuthnRecorder.java
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ public WebAuthnRecorder(RuntimeValue<HttpConfiguration> httpConfiguration, Runti
     }
 
     public void setupRoutes(BeanContainer beanContainer, RuntimeValue<Router> routerValue, String prefix) {
-        WebAuthnSecurity security = beanContainer.instance(WebAuthnSecurity.class);
-        WebAuthnAuthenticationMechanism authMech = beanContainer.instance(WebAuthnAuthenticationMechanism.class);
-        IdentityProviderManager identityProviderManager = beanContainer.instance(IdentityProviderManager.class);
+        WebAuthnSecurity security = beanContainer.beanInstance(WebAuthnSecurity.class);
+        WebAuthnAuthenticationMechanism authMech = beanContainer.beanInstance(WebAuthnAuthenticationMechanism.class);
+        IdentityProviderManager identityProviderManager = beanContainer.beanInstance(IdentityProviderManager.class);
         WebAuthnController controller = new WebAuthnController(security, config.getValue(), identityProviderManager, authMech);
         Router router = routerValue.getValue();
         BodyHandler bodyHandler = BodyHandler.create();
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLRecorder.java b/extensions/smallrye-graphql/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLRecorder.java
index 8e634b0de9892..048ac5e65d622 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/graphql/runtime/SmallRyeGraphQLRecorder.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 public class SmallRyeGraphQLRecorder {
 
     public RuntimeValue<Boolean> createExecutionService(BeanContainer beanContainer, Schema schema) {
-        GraphQLProducer graphQLProducer = beanContainer.instance(GraphQLProducer.class);
+        GraphQLProducer graphQLProducer = beanContainer.beanInstance(GraphQLProducer.class);
         GraphQLSchema graphQLSchema = graphQLProducer.initialize(schema);
         return new RuntimeValue<>(graphQLSchema != null);
     }
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-metrics/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/metrics/runtime/SmallRyeMetricsRecorder.java b/extensions/smallrye-metrics/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/metrics/runtime/SmallRyeMetricsRecorder.java
index f087fc6124305..08966f4712840 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-metrics/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/metrics/runtime/SmallRyeMetricsRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-metrics/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/metrics/runtime/SmallRyeMetricsRecorder.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public void createRegistries(BeanContainer container) {
         //HACK: registration is done via statics, but cleanup is done via pre destroy
         //however if the bean is not used it will not be created, so no cleanup will be done
         //we force bean creation here to make sure the container can restart correctly
-        container.instance(MetricRegistries.class).getApplicationRegistry();
+        container.beanInstance(MetricRegistries.class).getApplicationRegistry();
     }
 
     public void dropRegistriesAtShutdown(ShutdownContext shutdownContext) {
diff --git a/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/UndertowDeploymentRecorder.java b/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/UndertowDeploymentRecorder.java
index bcb9095df2ac4..0975c2cce33f4 100644
--- a/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/UndertowDeploymentRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/undertow/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/undertow/runtime/UndertowDeploymentRecorder.java
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public RuntimeValue<ServletInfo> registerServlet(RuntimeValue<DeploymentInfo> de
             InstanceFactory<? extends Servlet> instanceFactory) throws Exception {
 
         InstanceFactory<? extends Servlet> factory = instanceFactory != null ? instanceFactory
-                : new QuarkusInstanceFactory(beanContainer.instanceFactory(servletClass));
+                : new QuarkusInstanceFactory(beanContainer.beanInstanceFactory(servletClass));
         ServletInfo servletInfo = new ServletInfo(name, (Class<? extends Servlet>) servletClass,
                 factory);
         deploymentInfo.getValue().addServlet(servletInfo);
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public RuntimeValue<FilterInfo> registerFilter(RuntimeValue<DeploymentInfo> info
             InstanceFactory<? extends Filter> instanceFactory) throws Exception {
 
         InstanceFactory<? extends Filter> factory = instanceFactory != null ? instanceFactory
-                : new QuarkusInstanceFactory(beanContainer.instanceFactory(filterClass));
+                : new QuarkusInstanceFactory(beanContainer.beanInstanceFactory(filterClass));
         FilterInfo filterInfo = new FilterInfo(name, (Class<? extends Filter>) filterClass, factory);
         info.getValue().addFilter(filterInfo);
         filterInfo.setAsyncSupported(asyncSupported);
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public void registerListener(RuntimeValue<DeploymentInfo> info, Class<?> listene
         info.getValue()
                 .addListener(new ListenerInfo((Class<? extends EventListener>) listenerClass,
                         (InstanceFactory<? extends EventListener>) new QuarkusInstanceFactory<>(
-                                factory.instanceFactory(listenerClass))));
+                                factory.beanInstanceFactory(listenerClass))));
     }
 
     public void addMimeMapping(RuntimeValue<DeploymentInfo> info, String extension,
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public DeploymentManager bootServletContainer(RuntimeValue<DeploymentInfo> info,
             info.getValue().setClassIntrospecter(new ClassIntrospecter() {
                 @Override
                 public <T> InstanceFactory<T> createInstanceFactory(Class<T> clazz) throws NoSuchMethodException {
-                    BeanContainer.Factory<T> res = beanContainer.instanceFactory(clazz);
+                    BeanContainer.Factory<T> res = beanContainer.beanInstanceFactory(clazz);
                     if (res == null) {
                         return defaultVal.createInstanceFactory(clazz);
                     }
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpSecurityRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpSecurityRecorder.java
index f4ca987fb85a2..053aa4542fcd9 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpSecurityRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpSecurityRecorder.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public BeanContainerListener initPermissions(HttpBuildTimeConfig permissions,
         return new BeanContainerListener() {
             @Override
             public void created(BeanContainer container) {
-                container.instance(PathMatchingHttpSecurityPolicy.class).init(permissions, policies);
+                container.beanInstance(PathMatchingHttpSecurityPolicy.class).init(permissions, policies);
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/extensions/websockets/client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/client/runtime/WebsocketCoreRecorder.java b/extensions/websockets/client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/client/runtime/WebsocketCoreRecorder.java
index 93ed683e37a61..ca321461c596d 100644
--- a/extensions/websockets/client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/client/runtime/WebsocketCoreRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/websockets/client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/client/runtime/WebsocketCoreRecorder.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public RuntimeValue<ServerWebSocketContainer> createServerContainer(BeanContaine
         ServerWebSocketContainer container = serverContainerFactory.create(new ObjectIntrospecter() {
             @Override
             public <T> ObjectFactory<T> createInstanceFactory(Class<T> clazz) {
-                BeanContainer.Factory<T> factory = beanContainer.instanceFactory(clazz);
+                BeanContainer.Factory<T> factory = beanContainer.beanInstanceFactory(clazz);
                 return new ObjectFactory<T>() {
                     @Override
                     public ObjectHandle<T> createInstance() {
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/ArcContainer.java b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/ArcContainer.java
index 6f778ca19e69a..19f49a9b2de57 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/ArcContainer.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/ArcContainer.java
@@ -99,6 +99,21 @@ public interface ArcContainer {
      * @param <T>
      * @return
      */
+    <T> Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> beanInstanceSupplier(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers);
+
+    /**
+     * This method is deprecated and will be removed in future versions.
+     * Use {@link #beanInstanceSupplier(Class, Annotation...)} instead.
+     * </p>
+     * As opposed to {@link #beanInstanceSupplier(Class, Annotation...)}, this method does <b>NOT</b> follow CDI
+     * resolution rules and in case of ambiguous resolution performs a choice based on the class type parameter.
+     *
+     * @param type
+     * @param qualifiers
+     * @return
+     * @param <T>
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     <T> Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> instanceSupplier(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers);
 
     /**
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/ArcContainerImpl.java b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/ArcContainerImpl.java
index 94230917eb52c..3c88386ab5925 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/ArcContainerImpl.java
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/impl/ArcContainerImpl.java
@@ -235,17 +235,41 @@ public <X> InstanceHandle<X> instance(Type type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Override
+    public <T> Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> beanInstanceSupplier(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
+        return createInstanceSupplier(false, type, qualifiers);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public <T> Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> instanceSupplier(Class<T> type, Annotation... qualifiers) {
+        return createInstanceSupplier(true, type, qualifiers);
+    }
+
+    private <T> Supplier<InstanceHandle<T>> createInstanceSupplier(boolean resolveAmbiguities, Class<T> type,
+            Annotation... qualifiers) {
         if (qualifiers == null || qualifiers.length == 0) {
             qualifiers = new Annotation[] { Default.Literal.INSTANCE };
         }
         Set<InjectableBean<?>> resolvedBeans = resolved.getValue(new Resolvable(type, qualifiers));
+        Set<InjectableBean<?>> filteredBean = resolvedBeans;
         if (resolvedBeans.size() > 1) {
-            throw new AmbiguousResolutionException("Beans: " + resolvedBeans);
+            if (resolveAmbiguities) {
+                // this is non-standard CDI behavior that we momentarily keep to retain compatibility
+                // if there are multiple beans we look for an exact match
+                // this method is only called with the exact type required
+                // so ignoring subclasses is the correct behaviour
+                filteredBean = new HashSet<>();
+                for (InjectableBean<?> i : resolvedBeans) {
+                    if (i.getBeanClass().equals(type)) {
+                        filteredBean.add(i);
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new AmbiguousResolutionException("Beans: " + resolvedBeans);
+            }
         }
-        InjectableBean<T> bean = resolvedBeans.size() != 1 ? null
-                : (InjectableBean<T>) resolvedBeans.iterator().next();
+        InjectableBean<T> bean = filteredBean.size() != 1 ? null
+                : (InjectableBean<T>) filteredBean.iterator().next();
         if (bean == null) {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extest/runtime/TestRecorder.java b/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extest/runtime/TestRecorder.java
index d7f90b7c5eb84..ae6cf57794b9a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extest/runtime/TestRecorder.java
+++ b/integration-tests/test-extension/extension/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extest/runtime/TestRecorder.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void startRuntimeService(ShutdownContext shutdownContext, RuntimeValue<Ru
      * @param beanContainer - CDI bean container
      */
     public void loadDSAPublicKeyProducer(DSAPublicKey publicKey, BeanContainer beanContainer) {
-        PublicKeyProducer keyProducer = beanContainer.instance(PublicKeyProducer.class);
+        PublicKeyProducer keyProducer = beanContainer.beanInstance(PublicKeyProducer.class);
         keyProducer.setPublicKey(publicKey);
     }