diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/StaticResourcesRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/StaticResourcesRecorder.java
index 5c9c0061e125e6..844fc9649ef62d 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/StaticResourcesRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/StaticResourcesRecorder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.vertx.http.runtime;
 
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.invoke.VarHandle;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -20,12 +22,22 @@ public class StaticResourcesRecorder {
     private static volatile Set<String> knownPaths;
     private static volatile List<Path> hotDeploymentResourcePaths;
 
+    private static final VarHandle KNOWN_PATHS_MH;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            KNOWN_PATHS_MH = MethodHandles.lookup().findStaticVarHandle(StaticResourcesRecorder.class, "knownPaths", Set.class);
+        } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+            throw new Error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void setHotDeploymentResources(List<Path> resources) {
         hotDeploymentResourcePaths = resources;
     }
 
     public void staticInit(Set<String> knownPaths) {
-        StaticResourcesRecorder.knownPaths = knownPaths;
+        KNOWN_PATHS_MH.setRelease(knownPaths);
     }
 
     public Consumer<Route> start() {
@@ -40,13 +52,16 @@ public Consumer<Route> start() {
                 staticHandler.setAllowRootFileSystemAccess(true);
                 staticHandler.setWebRoot(root);
                 staticHandler.setDefaultContentEncoding("UTF-8");
-                handlers.add(event -> {
-                    try {
-                        staticHandler.handle(event);
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        // on Windows, the drive in file path screws up cache lookup
-                        // so just punt to next handler
-                        event.next();
+                handlers.add(new Handler<>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void handle(RoutingContext event) {
+                        try {
+                            staticHandler.handle(event);
+                        } catch (Exception e) {
+                            // on Windows, the drive in file path screws up cache lookup
+                            // so just punt to next handler
+                            event.next();
+                        }
                     }
                 });
             }
@@ -54,22 +69,25 @@ public Consumer<Route> start() {
         if (!knownPaths.isEmpty()) {
             ClassLoader currentCl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
             StaticHandler staticHandler = StaticHandler.create(META_INF_RESOURCES).setDefaultContentEncoding("UTF-8");
-            handlers.add(ctx -> {
-                String rel = ctx.mountPoint() == null ? ctx.normalisedPath()
-                        : ctx.normalisedPath().substring(
-                                // let's be extra careful here in case Vert.x normalizes the mount points at some point
-                                ctx.mountPoint().endsWith("/") ? ctx.mountPoint().length() - 1 : ctx.mountPoint().length());
-                if (knownPaths.contains(rel)) {
-                    staticHandler.handle(ctx);
-                } else {
-                    // make sure we don't lose the correct TCCL to Vert.x...
-                    Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(currentCl);
-                    ctx.next();
+            handlers.add(new Handler<>() {
+                @Override
+                public void handle(RoutingContext ctx) {
+                    String rel = ctx.mountPoint() == null ? ctx.normalizedPath()
+                            : ctx.normalizedPath().substring(
+                                    // let's be extra careful here in case Vert.x normalizes the mount points at some point
+                                    ctx.mountPoint().endsWith("/") ? ctx.mountPoint().length() - 1 : ctx.mountPoint().length());
+                    if (((Set<?>) KNOWN_PATHS_MH.getAcquire()).contains(rel)) {
+                        staticHandler.handle(ctx);
+                    } else {
+                        // make sure we don't lose the correct TCCL to Vert.x...
+                        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(currentCl);
+                        ctx.next();
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }
 
-        return new Consumer<Route>() {
+        return new Consumer<>() {
 
             @Override
             public void accept(Route route) {