diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java
index 95a5a2a26c82..5d756d07d4e2 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodResolver.java
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.core.BridgeMethodResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@
  * @author Andy Clement
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Chris Beams
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.0
  * @see StandardEvaluationContext#addMethodResolver(MethodResolver)
  */
@@ -238,6 +245,12 @@ else if (Proxy.isProxyClass(type)) {
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			// Ensure methods defined in java.lang.Object are exposed for JDK proxies.
+			for (Method method : getMethods(Object.class)) {
+				if (isCandidateForInvocation(method, type)) {
+					result.add(method);
+				}
+			}
 			return result;
 		}
 		else {
@@ -260,13 +273,7 @@ else if (Proxy.isProxyClass(type)) {
 	 * @since 3.1.1
 	 */
 	protected Method[] getMethods(Class<?> type) {
-		Set<Method> methods=new HashSet<>();
-		methods.addAll(Arrays.asList(type.getMethods()));
-		//Add all methods of Object to have methods like toString on Proxy-Objects
-		methods.addAll(Arrays.asList(Object.class.getMethods()));
-
-		Method[] methods1 = methods.toArray(new Method[0]);
-		return methods1;
+		return type.getMethods();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectionHelperTests.java b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectionHelperTests.java
index 51e457367ce8..74fad1177a8a 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectionHelperTests.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectionHelperTests.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -27,12 +26,16 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
-import org.springframework.expression.*;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodExecutor;
+import org.springframework.expression.MethodResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.ParseException;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypedValue;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.AbstractExpressionTests;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelUtilities;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpression;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.ReflectionHelper.ArgumentsMatchKind;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
@@ -365,17 +368,18 @@ public void testOptimalReflectivePropertyAccessor() throws Exception {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void testReflectiveMethodResolver() throws AccessException {
-		MethodResolver resolver=new ReflectiveMethodResolver();
+	void reflectiveMethodResolverForJdkProxies() throws Exception {
+		Object proxy = Proxy.newProxyInstance(getClass().getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] { Runnable.class }, (p, m, args) -> null);
+
+		MethodResolver resolver = new ReflectiveMethodResolver();
 		StandardEvaluationContext evaluationContext = new StandardEvaluationContext();
-		Object obj= Proxy.newProxyInstance(this.getClass().getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[]{Runnable.class}, new InvocationHandler() {
-			@Override
-			public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
-				return null;
-			}
-		});
-		MethodExecutor mexec=resolver.resolve(evaluationContext,obj,"toString",new ArrayList<>());
-		Assert.notNull(mexec,"MethodExecutor should not be empty.");
+
+		MethodExecutor bogus = resolver.resolve(evaluationContext, proxy, "bogus", List.of());
+		assertThat(bogus).as("MethodExecutor for bogus()").isNull();
+		MethodExecutor toString = resolver.resolve(evaluationContext, proxy, "toString", List.of());
+		assertThat(toString).as("MethodExecutor for toString()").isNotNull();
+		MethodExecutor hashCode = resolver.resolve(evaluationContext, proxy, "hashCode", List.of());
+		assertThat(hashCode).as("MethodExecutor for hashCode()").isNotNull();
 	}
 
 	/**