diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/aot/LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessor.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/aot/LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessor.java
index 0abeab70c..070a0a4f5 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/aot/LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/aot/LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.aot;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.GenerationContext;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.MemberCategory;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
-import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Reference;
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.LazyLoadingProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.LazyLoadingProxyFactory.LazyLoadingInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DocumentReference;
-import org.springframework.data.util.TypeUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Christoph Strobl
@@ -66,9 +65,7 @@ public class LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessor {
 					if (field.getType().isInterface()) {
 
 						List<Class<?>> interfaces = new ArrayList<>(
-								TypeUtils.resolveTypesInSignature(ResolvableType.forField(field, type)));
-
-						interfaces.add(0, org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.LazyLoadingProxy.class);
+								Arrays.asList(LazyLoadingProxyFactory.prepareFactory(field.getType()).getProxiedInterfaces()));
 						interfaces.add(org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy.class);
 						interfaces.add(org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised.class);
 						interfaces.add(org.springframework.core.DecoratingProxy.class);
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/LazyLoadingProxyFactory.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/LazyLoadingProxyFactory.java
index 4f84d57e4..64f2f0a64 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/LazyLoadingProxyFactory.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/LazyLoadingProxyFactory.java
@@ -90,7 +90,14 @@ public final class LazyLoadingProxyFactory {
 				.getProxyClass(LazyLoadingProxy.class.getClassLoader());
 	}
 
-	private ProxyFactory prepareProxyFactory(Class<?> propertyType, Supplier<LazyLoadingInterceptor> interceptor) {
+	/**
+	 * Create the {@link ProxyFactory} for the given type, already adding required additional interfaces.
+	 *
+	 * @param propertyType the type to proxy
+	 * @return the proxy type.
+	 * @since 4.0.5
+	 */
+	public static ProxyFactory prepareFactory(Class<?> propertyType) {
 
 		ProxyFactory proxyFactory = new ProxyFactory();
 
@@ -100,6 +107,13 @@ public final class LazyLoadingProxyFactory {
 
 		proxyFactory.addInterface(LazyLoadingProxy.class);
 		proxyFactory.addInterface(propertyType);
+
+		return proxyFactory;
+	}
+
+	private ProxyFactory prepareProxyFactory(Class<?> propertyType, Supplier<LazyLoadingInterceptor> interceptor) {
+
+		ProxyFactory proxyFactory = prepareFactory(propertyType);
 		proxyFactory.addAdvice(interceptor.get());
 
 		return proxyFactory;
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/aot/LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessorUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/aot/LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessorUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbcc4d8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/aot/LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessorUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.aot;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.aot.generate.ClassNameGenerator;
+import org.springframework.aot.generate.DefaultGenerationContext;
+import org.springframework.aot.generate.GenerationContext;
+import org.springframework.aot.generate.InMemoryGeneratedFiles;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.predicate.RuntimeHintsPredicates;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef;
+import org.springframework.javapoet.ClassName;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ */
+class LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessorUnitTests {
+
+	@Test // GH-4351
+	void registersProxyForLazyDbRefCorrectlyWhenTypeIsCollectionInterface() {
+
+		GenerationContext ctx = new DefaultGenerationContext(new ClassNameGenerator(ClassName.get(this.getClass())),
+				new InMemoryGeneratedFiles());
+
+		new LazyLoadingProxyAotProcessor().registerLazyLoadingProxyIfNeeded(A.class, ctx);
+
+		assertThat(ctx.getRuntimeHints())
+				.satisfies(RuntimeHintsPredicates.proxies().forInterfaces(java.util.Collection.class,
+						org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.LazyLoadingProxy.class, java.util.List.class,
+						org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy.class, org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised.class,
+						org.springframework.core.DecoratingProxy.class)::test);
+	}
+
+	static class A {
+
+		String id;
+
+		@DBRef(lazy = true) //
+		List<B> listRef;
+	}
+
+	static class B {
+		String id;
+	}
+}