Json processing failed with error java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException in JBoss EAP 8

Issue

Json processing fails serializing an entity class running in JBoss EAP 8 whereas the same code works fine in EAP 7.4.

Caused by: jakarta.json.bind.JsonbException: Unable to serialize property 'exampleItem' from org.jboss.as.quickstarts.example.model.MyExample
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.ObjectSerializer.lambda$serialize$0(ObjectSerializer.java:43)
    ...
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
    at java.sql/java.sql.Date.toInstant(Date.java:316)
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.types.DateSerializer.toInstant(DateSerializer.java:36)
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.types.DateSerializer.toTemporalAccessor(DateSerializer.java:56)
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.types.DateSerializer.formatWithFormatter(DateSerializer.java:46)
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.types.DateSerializer.formatWithFormatter(DateSerializer.java:26)
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.types.AbstractDateSerializer.lambda$valueSerializer$3(AbstractDateSerializer.java:63)
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.types.AbstractDateSerializer.lambda$new$1(AbstractDateSerializer.java:51)
    at org.eclipse.yasson//org.eclipse.yasson.internal.serializer.types.AbstractDateSerializer.serializeValue(AbstractDateSerializer.java:147)
    ...

The "exampleItem" property is a java.util.Date marked with @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)

@Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)    
private Date exampleItem;