diff --git a/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/ServletContainer.java b/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/ServletContainer.java
index 038217db70..d4d5fbc184 100644
--- a/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/ServletContainer.java
+++ b/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/ServletContainer.java
@@ -318,13 +318,33 @@ private void setResponseForInvalidUri(final HttpServletResponse response, final
         final Response.Status badRequest = Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST;
         if (webComponent.configSetStatusOverSendError) {
             response.reset();
-            //noinspection deprecation
-            response.setStatus(badRequest.getStatusCode(), badRequest.getReasonPhrase());
+            setStatus(response, badRequest.getStatusCode(), badRequest.getReasonPhrase());
         } else {
             response.sendError(badRequest.getStatusCode(), badRequest.getReasonPhrase());
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * <p>
+     *     Set status and reason-phrase if the API still contains the method. Otherwise, only a status is sent.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     *     It can happen the Servlet 6 API is used and the method is not there any longer. A proprietary API can be used,
+     *     or the class is transformed to Jakarta using some transformer means.
+     * </p>
+     * @param response the servlet {@link HttpServletResponse}
+     * @param statusCode the status code
+     * @param reasonPhrase the reason phrase
+     */
+    public static void setStatus(HttpServletResponse response, int statusCode, String reasonPhrase) {
+        try {
+            // noinspection deprecation
+            response.setStatus(statusCode, reasonPhrase);
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodError noSuchMethodError) {
+            response.setStatus(statusCode);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void destroy() {
         super.destroy();
diff --git a/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/WebComponent.java b/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/WebComponent.java
index ab4e927649..5cd2f21db1 100644
--- a/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/WebComponent.java
+++ b/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/WebComponent.java
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ public Integer get() {
 
             if (configSetStatusOverSendError) {
                 servletResponse.reset();
-                //noinspection deprecation
-                servletResponse.setStatus(status.getStatusCode(), status.getReasonPhrase());
+                ServletContainer.setStatus(servletResponse, status.getStatusCode(), status.getReasonPhrase());
             } else {
                 servletResponse.sendError(status.getStatusCode(), status.getReasonPhrase());
             }
diff --git a/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/internal/ResponseWriter.java b/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/internal/ResponseWriter.java
index 38301f898a..e166fe1fb2 100644
--- a/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/internal/ResponseWriter.java
+++ b/containers/jersey-servlet-core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/servlet/internal/ResponseWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ContainerResponse;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.JerseyRequestTimeoutHandler;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.spi.ContainerResponseWriter;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.spi.AsyncContextDelegate;
 
 /**
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public OutputStream writeResponseStatusAndHeaders(final long contentLength, fina
 
         final String reasonPhrase = responseContext.getStatusInfo().getReasonPhrase();
         if (reasonPhrase != null) {
-            response.setStatus(responseContext.getStatus(), reasonPhrase);
+            ServletContainer.setStatus(response, responseContext.getStatus(), reasonPhrase);
         } else {
             response.setStatus(responseContext.getStatus());
         }
@@ -214,12 +215,12 @@ public void failure(final Throwable error) {
         try {
             if (!response.isCommitted()) {
                 try {
+                    final int statusCode = Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.getStatusCode();
                     if (configSetStatusOverSendError) {
                         response.reset();
-                        //noinspection deprecation
-                        response.setStatus(Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.getStatusCode(), "Request failed.");
+                        ServletContainer.setStatus(response, statusCode, "Request failed.");
                     } else {
-                        response.sendError(Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.getStatusCode(), "Request failed.");
+                        response.sendError(statusCode, "Request failed.");
                     }
                 } catch (final IllegalStateException ex) {
                     // a race condition externally committing the response can still occur...