diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/aot/hint/RepositoryRuntimeHints.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/aot/hint/RepositoryRuntimeHints.java
index 7a32dd2809..690be55f97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/aot/hint/RepositoryRuntimeHints.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/aot/hint/RepositoryRuntimeHints.java
@@ -15,20 +15,28 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.repository.aot.hint;
 
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.ExecutableMode;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.MemberCategory;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.DecoratingProxy;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamSource;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.AbstractAggregateRoot;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.AfterDomainEventPublication;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.DomainEvents;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
@@ -42,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryByExampleExecutor;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ReactiveQueryByExampleExecutor;
 import org.springframework.data.util.ReactiveWrappers;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link RuntimeHintsRegistrar} holding required hints to bootstrap data repositories. <br />
@@ -49,10 +58,14 @@
  *
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Oliver Drotbohm
  * @since 3.0
  */
 class RepositoryRuntimeHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
 
+	private static final Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>> DOMAIN_EVENT_ANNOTATIONS = List
+			.of(AfterDomainEventPublication.class, DomainEvents.class);
+
 	@Override
 	public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, @Nullable ClassLoader classLoader) {
 
@@ -72,6 +85,17 @@ public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, @Nullable ClassLoader classLoader)
 			builder.withMembers(MemberCategory.INVOKE_PUBLIC_METHODS);
 		});
 
+		// Register event handling methods on AbstractAggregateRoot for reflection
+		ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalMethods(AbstractAggregateRoot.class, method -> {
+
+			DOMAIN_EVENT_ANNOTATIONS.forEach(it -> {
+
+				if (AnnotatedElementUtils.isAnnotated(method, it)) {
+					hints.reflection().registerMethod(method, ExecutableMode.INVOKE);
+				}
+			});
+		});
+
 		if (ReactiveWrappers.PROJECT_REACTOR_PRESENT) {
 
 			// repository infrastructure