diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/provider/AnnotationMetaDataProvider.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/provider/AnnotationMetaDataProvider.java
index b65b9457ac..2801600b5a 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/provider/AnnotationMetaDataProvider.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/provider/AnnotationMetaDataProvider.java
@@ -666,11 +666,27 @@ private Map<TypeVariable<?>, CascadingMetaDataBuilder> getTypeParametersCascadin
 		else if ( annotatedType instanceof AnnotatedParameterizedType ) {
 			return getTypeParametersCascadingMetaDataForParameterizedType( (AnnotatedParameterizedType) annotatedType, typeParameters );
 		}
+		else if ( typeParameters.length > 0 ) {
+			return getTypeParametersCascadingMetaDataForParameterizedType( annotatedType, typeParameters );
+		}
 		else {
 			return Collections.emptyMap();
 		}
 	}
 
+	private Map<TypeVariable<?>, CascadingMetaDataBuilder> getTypeParametersCascadingMetaDataForParameterizedType(AnnotatedType annotatedType, TypeVariable<?>[] typeParameters) {
+		// We did not get the parameterized (annotated) type but a raw one instead. (because we have the type variables)
+		// There won't be any cascading on the type variables since ... it's a raw type so we just create a placeholder instead:
+		Map<TypeVariable<?>, CascadingMetaDataBuilder> typeParametersCascadingMetadata = CollectionHelper.newHashMap( typeParameters.length );
+
+		for ( TypeVariable<?> typeParameter : typeParameters ) {
+			typeParametersCascadingMetadata.put( typeParameter, new CascadingMetaDataBuilder( annotatedType.getType(), typeParameter,
+					false, Map.of(), Map.of() ) );
+		}
+
+		return typeParametersCascadingMetadata;
+	}
+
 	private Map<TypeVariable<?>, CascadingMetaDataBuilder> getTypeParametersCascadingMetaDataForParameterizedType(
 			AnnotatedParameterizedType annotatedParameterizedType, TypeVariable<?>[] typeParameters) {
 		Map<TypeVariable<?>, CascadingMetaDataBuilder> typeParametersCascadingMetadata = CollectionHelper.newHashMap( typeParameters.length );
diff --git a/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/engine/ValidatorFactoryBeanMetadataClassNormalizerTest.java b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/engine/ValidatorFactoryBeanMetadataClassNormalizerTest.java
index ff979e1eb0..836cb9c7df 100644
--- a/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/engine/ValidatorFactoryBeanMetadataClassNormalizerTest.java
+++ b/engine/src/test/java/org/hibernate/validator/test/internal/engine/ValidatorFactoryBeanMetadataClassNormalizerTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 public class ValidatorFactoryBeanMetadataClassNormalizerTest {
 
 	@Test(expectedExceptions = ValidationException.class,
-			expectedExceptionsMessageRegExp = ".*No suitable value extractor found for type interface java.util.List.*")
+			expectedExceptionsMessageRegExp = ".*No validator could be found for constraint 'jakarta.validation.constraints.Email' validating type 'java.lang.Object'.*")
 	public void testBeanMetaDataClassNormalizerNoNormalizer() throws NoSuchMethodException {
 		ValidatorFactory validatorFactory = Validation.byDefaultProvider()
 				.configure()
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ public <T> Class<? super T> normalize(Class<T> beanClass) {
 	private static class BeanProxy extends Bean implements MyProxyInterface {
 		// The proxy dropped the generics, but kept constraint annotations,
 		// which will cause trouble unless its metadata is ignored.
+		// We won't be able to find a suitable constraint validator for email
+		// since we will be looking for an impl for the `Object`.
 		@Override
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		public void setEmails(@Email(payload = Unwrapping.Unwrap.class) List emails) {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 707d7da123..f394fafdff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
             These dependencies should be aligned with the ones from the WildFly version we support
             See http://search.maven.org/#search|gav|1|g%3A"org.wildfly"%20AND%20a%3A"wildfly-parent"
         -->
-        <version.com.fasterxml.classmate>1.7.1</version.com.fasterxml.classmate>
+        <version.com.fasterxml.classmate>1.7.3</version.com.fasterxml.classmate>
         <version.joda-time>2.14.0</version.joda-time>
         <version.org.slf4j>2.0.17</version.org.slf4j>
         <version.org.apache.logging.log4j>2.25.3</version.org.apache.logging.log4j>