diff --git a/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java b/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java
index 820f1d96dc06..aa5ffc1e47e0 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.jetty.autoconfigure;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.VirtualThreads;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.VirtualThreadPool;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -61,11 +62,15 @@ public JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizer(JettyServerProperties serve
 	@Override
 	public void customize(ConfigurableJettyWebServerFactory factory) {
 		Assert.state(VirtualThreads.areSupported(), "Virtual threads are not supported");
+		JettyServerProperties.Threads threadProperties = (this.serverProperties != null)
+				? this.serverProperties.getThreads() : new JettyServerProperties.Threads();
 		Integer maxTasks = getMaxTasks();
 		VirtualThreadPool virtualThreadPool = (maxTasks != null) ? new VirtualThreadPool(maxTasks)
 				: new VirtualThreadPool();
 		virtualThreadPool.setName("jetty-");
-		factory.setThreadPool(virtualThreadPool);
+		QueuedThreadPool threadPool = JettyThreadPool.create(threadProperties);
+		threadPool.setVirtualThreadsExecutor(virtualThreadPool);
+		factory.setThreadPool(threadPool);
 	}
 
 	private @Nullable Integer getMaxTasks() {
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizerTests.java b/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizerTests.java
index 06e01be448bf..41cbc7430d76 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizerTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-jetty/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/jetty/autoconfigure/JettyVirtualThreadsWebServerFactoryCustomizerTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.jetty.autoconfigure;
 
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.VirtualThreadPool;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledForJreRange;
@@ -45,8 +46,11 @@ void shouldConfigureVirtualThreads() {
 		ConfigurableJettyWebServerFactory factory = mock(ConfigurableJettyWebServerFactory.class);
 		customizer.customize(factory);
 		then(factory).should().setThreadPool(assertArg((threadPool) -> {
-			assertThat(threadPool).isInstanceOf(VirtualThreadPool.class);
-			VirtualThreadPool virtualThreadPool = (VirtualThreadPool) threadPool;
+			assertThat(threadPool).isInstanceOf(QueuedThreadPool.class);
+			QueuedThreadPool queuedThreadPool = (QueuedThreadPool) threadPool;
+			assertThat(queuedThreadPool.getMaxThreads()).isEqualTo(100);
+			assertThat(queuedThreadPool.getVirtualThreadsExecutor()).isInstanceOf(VirtualThreadPool.class);
+			VirtualThreadPool virtualThreadPool = (VirtualThreadPool) queuedThreadPool.getVirtualThreadsExecutor();
 			assertThat(virtualThreadPool.getName()).isEqualTo("jetty-");
 			assertThat(virtualThreadPool.getMaxConcurrentTasks()).isEqualTo(100);
 		}));