diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.java
index 260559e8639..158c2cd0086 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
-import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.KotlinDetector;
 import org.springframework.http.ProblemDetail;
@@ -835,7 +834,7 @@ public class Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder {
 			objectMapper.configure(mapperFeature, enabled);
 		}
 		else {
-			throw new FatalBeanException("Unknown feature class: " + feature.getClass().getName());
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown feature class: " + feature.getClass().getName());
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderTests.java
index 1f489ab00d0..9bd77dc0d47 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -81,12 +81,10 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import kotlin.ranges.IntRange;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
 import org.springframework.http.ProblemDetail;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
 
 /**
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ class Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilderTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void unknownFeature() {
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(FatalBeanException.class).isThrownBy(() ->
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(() ->
 				Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.json().featuresToEnable(Boolean.TRUE).build());
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java
index 92a89e8fe07..3add547c036 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.smile.SmileFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
 import org.springframework.http.ProblemDetail;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
 
 /**
  * Test cases for {@link Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean}.
@@ -86,8 +85,7 @@ public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests {
 	@Test
 	public void unknownFeature() {
 		this.factory.setFeaturesToEnable(Boolean.TRUE);
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(FatalBeanException.class).isThrownBy(
-				this.factory::afterPropertiesSet);
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException().isThrownBy(this.factory::afterPropertiesSet);
 	}
 
 	@Test