diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriter.java
index 0b5f76a2787..266ffc26bed 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriter.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ResourceHintsWriter {
 
 	public void write(BasicJsonWriter writer, ResourceHints hints) {
 		Map<String, Object> attributes = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-		attributes.put("resources", toAttributes(hints));
+		addIfNotEmpty(attributes, "resources", toAttributes(hints));
 		handleResourceBundles(attributes, hints.resourceBundles());
 		writer.writeObject(attributes);
 	}
@@ -81,7 +81,17 @@ class ResourceHintsWriter {
 	}
 
 	private void addIfNotEmpty(Map<String, Object> attributes, String name, @Nullable Object value) {
-		if (value != null && (value instanceof Collection<?> collection && !collection.isEmpty())) {
+		if (value instanceof Collection<?> collection) {
+			if (!collection.isEmpty()) {
+				attributes.put(name, value);
+			}
+		}
+		else if (value instanceof Map<?, ?> map) {
+			if (!map.isEmpty()) {
+				attributes.put(name, value);
+			}
+		}
+		else if (value != null) {
 			attributes.put(name, value);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java
index 58d03b9b96b..c4308ca9f5a 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests {
 						],
 						"queriedMethods":  [
 							{ "name": "<init>", "parameterTypes": [ "java.util.List", "boolean", "org.springframework.util.MimeType" ] },
-							{ "name": "getDefaultCharset" }
+							{ "name": "getDefaultCharset", "parameterTypes": [ ] }
 						]
 					}
 				]""", "reflect-config.json");
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests {
 	private void assertEquals(String expectedString, String filename) throws IOException, JSONException {
 		Path jsonFile = tempDir.resolve("META-INF").resolve("native-image").resolve(filename);
 		String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(jsonFile));
-		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, content, JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
+		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, content, JSONCompareMode.NON_EXTENSIBLE);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/JavaSerializationHintsWriterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/JavaSerializationHintsWriterTests.java
index 9783e5a3aa6..4b44a93bab9 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/JavaSerializationHintsWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/JavaSerializationHintsWriterTests.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class JavaSerializationHintsWriterTests {
 		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
 		BasicJsonWriter writer = new BasicJsonWriter(out, "\t");
 		JavaSerializationHintsWriter.INSTANCE.write(writer, hints);
-		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
+		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.NON_EXTENSIBLE);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ProxyHintsWriterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ProxyHintsWriterTests.java
index 4bb7e73f009..53040a0069a 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ProxyHintsWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ProxyHintsWriterTests.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class ProxyHintsWriterTests {
 		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
 		BasicJsonWriter writer = new BasicJsonWriter(out, "\t");
 		ProxyHintsWriter.INSTANCE.write(writer, hints);
-		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
+		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.NON_EXTENSIBLE);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ReflectionHintsWriterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ReflectionHintsWriterTests.java
index 0514ea9c587..6c51ca6506d 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ReflectionHintsWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ReflectionHintsWriterTests.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ReflectionHintsWriterTests {
 						],
 						"queriedMethods":  [
 							{ "name": "<init>", "parameterTypes": [ "java.util.List", "boolean", "org.springframework.util.MimeType" ] },
-							{ "name": "getDefaultCharset" }
+							{ "name": "getDefaultCharset", "parameterTypes": [ ] }
 						]
 					}
 				]""", hints);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class ReflectionHintsWriterTests {
 		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
 		BasicJsonWriter writer = new BasicJsonWriter(out, "\t");
 		ReflectionHintsWriter.INSTANCE.write(writer, hints);
-		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
+		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.NON_EXTENSIBLE);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriterTests.java
index c789d392017..ecd68b17776 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/ResourceHintsWriterTests.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ResourceHintsWriterTests {
 		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
 		BasicJsonWriter writer = new BasicJsonWriter(out, "\t");
 		ResourceHintsWriter.INSTANCE.write(writer, hints);
-		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
+		JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedString, out.toString(), JSONCompareMode.NON_EXTENSIBLE);
 	}
 
 }