diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DisposableBeanAdapter.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DisposableBeanAdapter.java
index e74e5f23f29..46f5b08907d 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DisposableBeanAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DisposableBeanAdapter.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -418,14 +419,29 @@ class DisposableBeanAdapter implements DisposableBean, Runnable, Serializable {
 		String destroyMethodName = beanDefinition.resolvedDestroyMethodName;
 		if (destroyMethodName == null) {
 			destroyMethodName = beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodName();
-			boolean autoCloseable = (AutoCloseable.class.isAssignableFrom(target));
+			boolean autoCloseable = AutoCloseable.class.isAssignableFrom(target);
+			boolean executorService = ExecutorService.class.isAssignableFrom(target);
 			if (AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD.equals(destroyMethodName) ||
-					(destroyMethodName == null && autoCloseable)) {
+					(destroyMethodName == null && (autoCloseable || executorService))) {
 				// Only perform destroy method inference in case of the bean
 				// not explicitly implementing the DisposableBean interface
 				destroyMethodName = null;
 				if (!(DisposableBean.class.isAssignableFrom(target))) {
-					if (autoCloseable) {
+					if (executorService) {
+						destroyMethodName = SHUTDOWN_METHOD_NAME;
+						try {
+							// On JDK 19+, avoid the ExecutorService-level AutoCloseable default implementation
+							// which awaits task termination for 1 day, even for delayed tasks such as cron jobs.
+							// Custom close() implementations in ExecutorService subclasses are still accepted.
+							if (target.getMethod(CLOSE_METHOD_NAME).getDeclaringClass() != ExecutorService.class) {
+								destroyMethodName = CLOSE_METHOD_NAME;
+							}
+						}
+						catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
+							// Ignore - stick with shutdown()
+						}
+					}
+					else if (autoCloseable) {
 						destroyMethodName = CLOSE_METHOD_NAME;
 					}
 					else {
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/RootBeanDefinitionTests.java b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/RootBeanDefinitionTests.java
index 056597442ba..3d71b6d2420 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/RootBeanDefinitionTests.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/RootBeanDefinitionTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -59,13 +60,38 @@ class RootBeanDefinitionTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedInferredVaue() {
+	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForCloseMethod() {
 		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithCloseMethod.class);
 		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
 		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
 		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("close");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForShutdownMethod() {
+		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithShutdownMethod.class);
+		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
+		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
+		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("shutdown");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForExecutorService() {
+		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanImplementingExecutorService.class);
+		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
+		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
+		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("shutdown");
+		// even on JDK 19+ where the ExecutorService interface declares a default AutoCloseable implementation
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForAutoCloseableExecutorService() {
+		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanImplementingExecutorServiceAndAutoCloseable.class);
+		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
+		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
+		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("close");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void resolveDestroyMethodWithNoCandidateSetDestroyMethodNameToNull() {
 		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithNoDestroyMethod.class);
@@ -90,6 +116,25 @@ class RootBeanDefinitionTests {
 	}
 
 
+	static class BeanWithShutdownMethod {
+
+		public void shutdown() {
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	abstract static class BeanImplementingExecutorService implements ExecutorService {
+	}
+
+
+	abstract static class BeanImplementingExecutorServiceAndAutoCloseable implements ExecutorService, AutoCloseable {
+
+		@Override
+		public void close() {
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	static class BeanWithNoDestroyMethod {
 	}