diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java
index c3fd950b17..67811ebdfe 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecords;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ShareConsumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
-import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
+import org.springframework.core.Nullness;
 import org.springframework.core.log.LogAccessor;
 import org.springframework.expression.BeanResolver;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ protected Type determineInferredType(@Nullable Method method) { // NOSONAR compl
 			}
 			this.hasAckParameter |= isAck;
 			if (isAck) {
-				this.noOpAck |= methodParameter.getParameterAnnotation(NonNull.class) != null;
+				this.noOpAck |= Nullness.forMethodParameter(methodParameter) == Nullness.NON_NULL;
 			}
 			isNotConvertible |= isAck;
 			boolean isConsumer = parameterIsType(parameterType, Consumer.class);
diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapterTests.java b/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapterTests.java
index 60fd43108b..b484e3f574 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapterTests.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapterTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.willReturn;
@@ -118,7 +121,24 @@ void testMissingAck() throws NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {
 				.withStackTraceContaining("MANUAL");
 	}
 
-	public void test(Acknowledgment ack) {
+	@Test
+	void noOpAckWhenAcknowledgmentParameterIsNonNull() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+		KafkaListenerAnnotationBeanPostProcessor<String, String> bpp = new KafkaListenerAnnotationBeanPostProcessor<>();
+		Method method = getClass().getDeclaredMethod("testNonNullAck", Acknowledgment.class);
+		RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter<String, String> adapter =
+				new RecordMessagingMessageListenerAdapter<>(this, method);
+		adapter.setHandlerMethod(
+				new HandlerAdapter(bpp.getMessageHandlerMethodFactory().createInvocableHandlerMethod(this, method)));
+		// A non-null Acknowledgment parameter must substitute a no-op ack, not fail with "No Acknowledgment available"
+		assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(() -> adapter.onMessage(
+				new ConsumerRecord<>("foo", 0, 0L, null, "foo"), null, null));
+	}
+
+	public void test(@Nullable Acknowledgment ack) {
+
+	}
+
+	public void testNonNullAck(@NonNull Acknowledgment ack) {
 
 	}