diff --git a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupportTest.java b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupportTest.java
index f005acefa7a52..5be7efcef15d9 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupportTest.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupportTest.java
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 package io.quarkus.vertx;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
 import jakarta.enterprise.event.Observes;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.Arc;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.BlockingOperationControl;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.StartupEvent;
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.core.runtime.context.VertxContextSafetyToggle;
@@ -46,25 +51,41 @@ public void testRunner() throws InterruptedException {
     @Singleton
     public static class Alpha {
 
+        @Inject
+        Bravo bravo;
+
         String val;
 
         final List<Integer> vals = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
         void onStart(@Observes StartupEvent event) {
+            // Request context is active but duplicated context is not used
+            String bravoId = bravo.getId();
             Supplier<Uni<String>> uniSupplier = new Supplier<Uni<String>>() {
                 @Override
                 public Uni<String> get() {
                     assertTrue(VertxContext.isOnDuplicatedContext());
                     VertxContextSafetyToggle.validateContextIfExists("Error", "Error");
                     assertTrue(Arc.container().requestContext().isActive());
-                    return Uni.createFrom().item("foo");
+                    // New duplicated contex -> new request context
+                    String asyncBravoId = bravo.getId();
+                    assertNotEquals(bravoId, asyncBravoId);
+
+                    return VertxContextSupport.executeBlocking(() -> {
+                        assertTrue(BlockingOperationControl.isBlockingAllowed());
+                        assertTrue(VertxContext.isOnDuplicatedContext());
+                        assertTrue(Arc.container().requestContext().isActive());
+                        // Duplicated context is propagated -> the same request context
+                        assertEquals(asyncBravoId, bravo.getId());
+                        return "foo";
+                    });
                 }
             };
             try {
                 val = VertxContextSupport.subscribeAndAwait(uniSupplier);
             } catch (Throwable e) {
-                fail();
+                fail(e);
             }
 
             Supplier<Multi<Integer>> multiSupplier = new Supplier<Multi<Integer>>() {
@@ -80,4 +101,20 @@ public Multi<Integer> get() {
         }
     }
 
+    @RequestScoped
+    public static class Bravo {
+
+        private String id;
+
+        @PostConstruct
+        void init() {
+            this.id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupport.java b/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupport.java
index f349be8d0f8f8..340a9d1f65646 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupport.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/VertxContextSupport.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.vertx;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ private VertxContextSupport() {
      * @throws IllegalStateException If called on an event loop thread.
      */
     public static <T> T subscribeAndAwait(Supplier<Uni<T>> uniSupplier) throws Throwable {
-        Context context = getContext();
+        Context context = getContext(false);
         VertxContextSafetyToggle.setContextSafe(context, true);
         return Uni.createFrom().<T> emitter(e -> {
             context.runOnContext(new Handler<Void>() {
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public void handle(Void event) {
      * @param subscribeConsumer
      */
     public static <T> void subscribe(Supplier<Multi<T>> multiSupplier, Consumer<MultiSubscribe<T>> subscribeConsumer) {
-        Context context = getContext();
+        Context context = getContext(false);
         VertxContextSafetyToggle.setContextSafe(context, true);
         context.runOnContext(new Handler<Void>() {
 
@@ -96,14 +97,44 @@ public void accept(MultiSubscribe<T> ms) {
         });
     }
 
-    private static Context getContext() {
+    /**
+     * Executes the supplied blocking {@link Callable} on a Vertx duplicated context; does not block the current thread.
+     * <p>
+     * If necessary, the CDI request context is activated during execution of the blocking code.
+     *
+     * @param <T>
+     * @param callable
+     * @return the produced {@link Uni}
+     * @see VertxContext#getOrCreateDuplicatedContext(Vertx)
+     */
+    public static <T> Uni<T> executeBlocking(Callable<T> callable) {
+        Context context = getContext(true);
+        return Uni.createFrom().completionStage(() -> {
+            return context.executeBlocking(() -> {
+                ManagedContext requestContext = Arc.container().requestContext();
+                boolean terminate = requestContext.isActive() ? false : true;
+                if (terminate) {
+                    requestContext.activate();
+                }
+                try {
+                    return callable.call();
+                } finally {
+                    if (terminate) {
+                        requestContext.terminate();
+                    }
+                }
+            }, false).toCompletionStage();
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static Context getContext(boolean blocking) {
         Context context = Vertx.currentContext();
         if (context == null) {
             Vertx vertx = VertxCoreRecorder.getVertx().get();
             context = VertxContext.getOrCreateDuplicatedContext(vertx);
         } else {
             // Executed on a vertx thread...
-            if (Context.isOnEventLoopThread()) {
+            if (!blocking && Context.isOnEventLoopThread()) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("VertxContextSupport#subscribeAndAwait() must not be called on an event loop!");
             }
             context = VertxContext.getOrCreateDuplicatedContext(context);
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/upgrade/BlockingHttpUpgradeCheckTest.java b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/upgrade/BlockingHttpUpgradeCheckTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..27eb5365addc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/test/upgrade/BlockingHttpUpgradeCheckTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.upgrade;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.arc.Arc;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.BlockingOperationControl;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPResource;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.VertxContextSupport;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.HttpUpgradeCheck;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.OnOpen;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.WebSocket;
+import io.quarkus.websockets.next.test.utils.WSClient;
+import io.smallrye.common.vertx.VertxContext;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+
+public class BlockingHttpUpgradeCheckTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    public static final QuarkusUnitTest test = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot(root -> root
+                    .addClasses(BlockingHttpUpgradeCheck.class, Endpoint.class, WSClient.class));
+
+    @TestHTTPResource("/end")
+    URI endUri;
+
+    @Inject
+    Vertx vertx;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBlockingCheck() {
+        try (WSClient client = new WSClient(vertx)) {
+            client.connect(endUri);
+            client.waitForMessages(1);
+            assertEquals("ok", client.getMessages().get(0).toString());
+            assertTrue(BlockingHttpUpgradeCheck.PERFORMED.get());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @WebSocket(path = "/end")
+    public static class Endpoint {
+
+        @OnOpen
+        String open() {
+            return "ok";
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Singleton
+    public static class BlockingHttpUpgradeCheck implements HttpUpgradeCheck {
+
+        static final AtomicBoolean PERFORMED = new AtomicBoolean();
+
+        @Override
+        public Uni<CheckResult> perform(HttpUpgradeContext context) {
+            return VertxContextSupport.executeBlocking(new Callable<CheckResult>() {
+
+                @Override
+                public CheckResult call() throws Exception {
+                    assertTrue(BlockingOperationControl.isBlockingAllowed());
+                    assertTrue(VertxContext.isOnDuplicatedContext());
+                    assertTrue(Arc.container().requestContext().isActive());
+                    PERFORMED.set(true);
+                    return CheckResult.permitUpgradeSync();
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/HttpUpgradeCheck.java b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/HttpUpgradeCheck.java
index 937e0fb319049..2e342aad4d00f 100644
--- a/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/HttpUpgradeCheck.java
+++ b/extensions/websockets-next/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/websockets/next/HttpUpgradeCheck.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import io.quarkus.security.identity.SecurityIdentity;
+import io.quarkus.vertx.VertxContextSupport;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerRequest;
 
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ public interface HttpUpgradeCheck {
 
     /**
      * This method inspects HTTP Upgrade context and either allows or denies upgrade to a WebSocket connection.
+     * <p>
+     * Use {@link VertxContextSupport#executeBlocking(java.util.concurrent.Callable)} in order to execute some blocking code in
+     * the check.
      *
      * @param context {@link HttpUpgradeContext}
      * @return check result; must never be null