diff --git a/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/KotlinSerializationHttpMessageConvertersConfiguration.java b/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/KotlinSerializationHttpMessageConvertersConfiguration.java
index 52e03c997f3..e85ff586fd1 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/KotlinSerializationHttpMessageConvertersConfiguration.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/KotlinSerializationHttpMessageConvertersConfiguration.java
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ package org.springframework.boot.http.converter.autoconfigure;
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable;
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter;
 
 /**
@@ -39,8 +42,23 @@ class KotlinSerializationHttpMessageConvertersConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-	KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter kotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter(Json json) {
-		return new KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter(json);
+	KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter kotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter(Json json,
+			ObjectProvider<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) {
+		return supportsApplicationJson(converters) ? new KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter(json)
+				: new KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter(json, (type) -> true);
+	}
+
+	private boolean supportsApplicationJson(ObjectProvider<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) {
+		return converters.orderedStream().filter(this::supportsApplicationJson).findFirst().isPresent();
+	}
+
+	private boolean supportsApplicationJson(HttpMessageConverter<?> converter) {
+		for (MediaType mediaType : converter.getSupportedMediaTypes()) {
+			if (!mediaType.equals(MediaType.ALL) && mediaType.isCompatibleWith(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfigurationTests.java b/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfigurationTests.java
index b22d73864d7..77b1e89806d 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-http-converter/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/http/converter/autoconfigure/HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.RepresentationModel;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.server.mvc.TypeConstrainedJacksonJsonHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverters;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverters.ClientBuilder;
@@ -229,6 +230,24 @@ class HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfigurationTests {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void kotlinSerializationUsesLimitedPredicateWhenOtherJsonConverterIsAvailable() {
+		allOptionsRunner().run((context) -> {
+			KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter converter = context
+				.getBean(KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter.class);
+			assertThat(converter.canWrite(Map.class, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)).isFalse();
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void kotlinSerializationUsesUnrestrictedPredicateWhenNoOtherJsonConverterIsAvailable() {
+		this.contextRunner.withBean(Json.class, () -> Json.Default).run((context) -> {
+			KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter converter = context
+				.getBean(KotlinSerializationJsonHttpMessageConverter.class);
+			assertThat(converter.canWrite(Map.class, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)).isTrue();
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void stringDefaultConverter() {
 		this.contextRunner.run(assertConverter(StringHttpMessageConverter.class, "stringHttpMessageConverter"));