diff --git a/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle b/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle
index e921187bf35b..1370e6fa7dd9 100644
--- a/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle
+++ b/framework-platform/framework-platform.gradle
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ dependencies {
 		api("org.testng:testng:7.9.0")
 		api("org.webjars:underscorejs:1.8.3")
 		api("org.webjars:webjars-locator-core:0.55")
+		api("org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite:0.0.2")
 		api("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj:2.9.1")
 		api("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.9.1")
 		api("org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.2")
diff --git a/spring-webflux/spring-webflux.gradle b/spring-webflux/spring-webflux.gradle
index e0f98bcdc8fa..29b7021f033b 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/spring-webflux.gradle
+++ b/spring-webflux/spring-webflux.gradle
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib")
 	optional("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-reactor")
 	optional("org.webjars:webjars-locator-core")
+	optional("org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite")
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":spring-beans")))
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":spring-core")))
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":spring-web")))
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceChainRegistration.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceChainRegistration.java
index 1102b974cde2..376daf987aa7 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceChainRegistration.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceChainRegistration.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.CachingResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.CachingResourceTransformer;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.CssLinkResourceTransformer;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.LiteWebJarsResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.PathResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.ResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.ResourceTransformer;
@@ -43,9 +44,12 @@ public class ResourceChainRegistration {
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME = "spring-resource-chain-cache";
 
-	private static final boolean isWebJarsAssetLocatorPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
+	private static final boolean isWebJarAssetLocatorPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
 			"org.webjars.WebJarAssetLocator", ResourceChainRegistration.class.getClassLoader());
 
+	private static final boolean isWebJarVersionLocatorPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
+			"org.webjars.WebJarVersionLocator", ResourceChainRegistration.class.getClassLoader());
+
 
 	private final List<ResourceResolver> resolvers = new ArrayList<>(4);
 
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ public ResourceChainRegistration(boolean cacheResources, @Nullable Cache cache)
 	 * @param resolver the resolver to add
 	 * @return the current instance for chained method invocation
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	public ResourceChainRegistration addResolver(ResourceResolver resolver) {
 		Assert.notNull(resolver, "The provided ResourceResolver should not be null");
 		this.resolvers.add(resolver);
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ public ResourceChainRegistration addResolver(ResourceResolver resolver) {
 		else if (resolver instanceof PathResourceResolver) {
 			this.hasPathResolver = true;
 		}
-		else if (resolver instanceof WebJarsResourceResolver) {
+		else if (resolver instanceof WebJarsResourceResolver || resolver instanceof LiteWebJarsResourceResolver) {
 			this.hasWebjarsResolver = true;
 		}
 		return this;
@@ -108,10 +113,14 @@ public ResourceChainRegistration addTransformer(ResourceTransformer transformer)
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	protected List<ResourceResolver> getResourceResolvers() {
 		if (!this.hasPathResolver) {
 			List<ResourceResolver> result = new ArrayList<>(this.resolvers);
-			if (isWebJarsAssetLocatorPresent && !this.hasWebjarsResolver) {
+			if (isWebJarVersionLocatorPresent && !this.hasWebjarsResolver) {
+				result.add(new LiteWebJarsResourceResolver());
+			}
+			else if (isWebJarAssetLocatorPresent && !this.hasWebjarsResolver) {
 				result.add(new WebJarsResourceResolver());
 			}
 			result.add(new PathResourceResolver());
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b628d438c684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.resource;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.webjars.WebJarVersionLocator;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
+
+/**
+ * A {@code ResourceResolver} that delegates to the chain to locate a resource and then
+ * attempts to find a matching versioned resource contained in a WebJar JAR file.
+ *
+ * <p>This allows WebJars.org users to write version agnostic paths in their templates,
+ * like {@code <script src="/webjars/jquery/jquery.min.js"/>}.
+ * This path will be resolved to the unique version {@code <script src="/webjars/jquery/1.2.0/jquery.min.js"/>},
+ * which is a better fit for HTTP caching and version management in applications.
+ *
+ * <p>This also resolves resources for version agnostic HTTP requests {@code "GET /jquery/jquery.min.js"}.
+ *
+ * <p>This resolver requires the {@code org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite} library
+ * on the classpath and is automatically registered if that library is present.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @since 6.2
+ * @see <a href="https://www.webjars.org">webjars.org</a>
+ */
+public class LiteWebJarsResourceResolver extends AbstractResourceResolver {
+
+	private static final int WEBJARS_LOCATION_LENGTH = WebJarVersionLocator.WEBJARS_PATH_PREFIX.length() + 1;
+
+	private final WebJarVersionLocator webJarAssetLocator;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@code LiteWebJarsResourceResolver} with a default {@code WebJarVersionLocator} instance.
+	 */
+	public LiteWebJarsResourceResolver() {
+		this.webJarAssetLocator = new WebJarVersionLocator();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@code LiteWebJarsResourceResolver} with a custom {@code WebJarVersionLocator} instance,
+	 * e.g. with a custom cache implementation.
+	 */
+	public LiteWebJarsResourceResolver(WebJarVersionLocator webJarAssetLocator) {
+		this.webJarAssetLocator = webJarAssetLocator;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected Mono<Resource> resolveResourceInternal(@Nullable ServerWebExchange exchange,
+			String requestPath, List<? extends Resource> locations, ResourceResolverChain chain) {
+
+		return chain.resolveResource(exchange, requestPath, locations)
+				.switchIfEmpty(Mono.defer(() -> {
+					String webJarsResourcePath = findWebJarResourcePath(requestPath);
+					if (webJarsResourcePath != null) {
+						return chain.resolveResource(exchange, webJarsResourcePath, locations);
+					}
+					else {
+						return Mono.empty();
+					}
+				}));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected Mono<String> resolveUrlPathInternal(String resourceUrlPath,
+			List<? extends Resource> locations, ResourceResolverChain chain) {
+
+		return chain.resolveUrlPath(resourceUrlPath, locations)
+				.switchIfEmpty(Mono.defer(() -> {
+					String webJarResourcePath = findWebJarResourcePath(resourceUrlPath);
+					if (webJarResourcePath != null) {
+						return chain.resolveUrlPath(webJarResourcePath, locations);
+					}
+					else {
+						return Mono.empty();
+					}
+				}));
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	protected String findWebJarResourcePath(String path) {
+		int startOffset = (path.startsWith("/") ? 1 : 0);
+		int endOffset = path.indexOf('/', 1);
+		if (endOffset != -1) {
+			String webjar = path.substring(startOffset, endOffset);
+			String partialPath = path.substring(endOffset + 1);
+			String webJarPath = this.webJarAssetLocator.fullPath(webjar, partialPath);
+			if (webJarPath != null) {
+				return webJarPath.substring(WEBJARS_LOCATION_LENGTH);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java
index af58c274d91c..65cb6d3d1839 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @since 5.0
  * @see <a href="https://www.webjars.org">webjars.org</a>
+ * @deprecated as of Spring Framework 6.2 in favor of {@link LiteWebJarsResourceResolver}
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public class WebJarsResourceResolver extends AbstractResourceResolver {
 
 	private static final String WEBJARS_LOCATION = "META-INF/resources/webjars/";
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
index 027566b11d8b..57013e09cfbb 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.CachingResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.CachingResourceTransformer;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.CssLinkResourceTransformer;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.LiteWebJarsResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.PathResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.ResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.ResourceTransformer;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ void resourceChain() {
 				zero -> assertThat(zero).isInstanceOfSatisfying(CachingResourceResolver.class,
 						cachingResolver -> assertThat(cachingResolver.getCache()).isInstanceOf(ConcurrentMapCache.class)),
 				one -> assertThat(one).isEqualTo(mockResolver),
-				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(WebJarsResourceResolver.class),
+				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.class),
 				three -> assertThat(three).isInstanceOf(PathResourceResolver.class));
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceTransformers()).satisfiesExactly(
 				zero -> assertThat(zero).isInstanceOf(CachingResourceTransformer.class),
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ void resourceChainWithoutCaching() {
 
 		ResourceWebHandler handler = getHandler("/resources/**");
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceResolvers()).hasExactlyElementsOfTypes(
-				WebJarsResourceResolver.class, PathResourceResolver.class);
+				LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.class, PathResourceResolver.class);
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceTransformers()).isEmpty();
 	}
 
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ void resourceChainWithVersionResolver() {
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceResolvers()).satisfiesExactly(
 				zero -> assertThat(zero).isInstanceOf(CachingResourceResolver.class),
 				one -> assertThat(one).isSameAs(versionResolver),
-				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(WebJarsResourceResolver.class),
+				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.class),
 				three -> assertThat(three).isInstanceOf(PathResourceResolver.class));
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceTransformers()).hasExactlyElementsOfTypes(
 				CachingResourceTransformer.class, CssLinkResourceTransformer.class);
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..198b43dcfe04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.resource;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
+import org.springframework.web.testfixture.http.server.reactive.MockServerHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.testfixture.server.MockServerWebExchange;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link WebJarsResourceResolver}.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ */
+class LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests {
+
+	private static final Duration TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(1);
+
+
+	private List<Resource> locations = List.of(new ClassPathResource("/META-INF/resources/webjars"));
+
+	// for this to work, an actual WebJar must be on the test classpath
+	private LiteWebJarsResourceResolver resolver = new LiteWebJarsResourceResolver();
+
+	private ResourceResolverChain chain = mock();
+
+	private ServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get(""));
+
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlExisting() {
+		String file = "/foo/2.3/foo.txt";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.just(file));
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain).block(TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(file);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlExistingNotInJarFile() {
+		String file = "foo/foo.txt";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.empty());
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain).block(TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isNull();
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, never()).resolveUrlPath("foo/2.3/foo.txt", this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlWebJarResource() {
+		String file = "underscorejs/underscore.js";
+		String expected = "underscorejs/1.8.3/underscore.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.empty());
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(expected, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.just(expected));
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain).block(TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(expected, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlWebJarResourceNotFound() {
+		String file = "something/something.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.empty());
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain).block(TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isNull();
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, never()).resolveUrlPath(null, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveResourceExisting() {
+		Resource expected = mock();
+		String file = "foo/2.3/foo.txt";
+		given(this.chain.resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.just(expected));
+
+		Resource actual = this.resolver
+				.resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations, this.chain)
+				.block(TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveResourceNotFound() {
+		String file = "something/something.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.empty());
+
+		Resource actual = this.resolver
+				.resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations, this.chain)
+				.block(TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isNull();
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, never()).resolveResource(this.exchange, null, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveResourceWebJar() {
+		String file = "underscorejs/underscore.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations)).willReturn(Mono.empty());
+
+		Resource expected = mock();
+		String expectedPath = "underscorejs/1.8.3/underscore.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveResource(this.exchange, expectedPath, this.locations))
+				.willReturn(Mono.just(expected));
+
+		Resource actual = this.resolver
+				.resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations, this.chain)
+				.block(TIMEOUT);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveResource(this.exchange, file, this.locations);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
index 44661dd02cf3..906ca7cd979b 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
+++ b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-protobuf")
 	optional("org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams")
 	optional("org.webjars:webjars-locator-core")
+	optional("org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite")
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":spring-beans")))
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":spring-context")))
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":spring-core")))
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 8f85ba6efe49..cf75ccca96b3 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/ResourcesBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ private void parseResourceCache(ManagedList<Object> resourceResolvers,
 		}
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	private void parseResourceResolversTransformers(boolean isAutoRegistration,
 			ManagedList<Object> resourceResolvers, ManagedList<Object> resourceTransformers,
 			ParserContext context, Element element, @Nullable Object source) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceChainRegistration.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceChainRegistration.java
index badee9ad3ac5..51fcf349486c 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceChainRegistration.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceChainRegistration.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.CachingResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.CachingResourceTransformer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.CssLinkResourceTransformer;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.LiteWebJarsResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.PathResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceTransformer;
@@ -43,9 +44,12 @@ public class ResourceChainRegistration {
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_CACHE_NAME = "spring-resource-chain-cache";
 
-	private static final boolean isWebJarsAssetLocatorPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
+	private static final boolean isWebJarAssetLocatorPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
 			"org.webjars.WebJarAssetLocator", ResourceChainRegistration.class.getClassLoader());
 
+	private static final boolean isWebJarVersionLocatorPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent(
+			"org.webjars.WebJarVersionLocator", ResourceChainRegistration.class.getClassLoader());
+
 
 	private final List<ResourceResolver> resolvers = new ArrayList<>(4);
 
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ public ResourceChainRegistration(boolean cacheResources, @Nullable Cache cache)
 	 * @param resolver the resolver to add
 	 * @return the current instance for chained method invocation
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	public ResourceChainRegistration addResolver(ResourceResolver resolver) {
 		Assert.notNull(resolver, "The provided ResourceResolver should not be null");
 		this.resolvers.add(resolver);
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ public ResourceChainRegistration addResolver(ResourceResolver resolver) {
 		else if (resolver instanceof PathResourceResolver) {
 			this.hasPathResolver = true;
 		}
-		else if (resolver instanceof WebJarsResourceResolver) {
+		else if (resolver instanceof WebJarsResourceResolver || resolver instanceof LiteWebJarsResourceResolver) {
 			this.hasWebjarsResolver = true;
 		}
 		return this;
@@ -108,10 +113,14 @@ public ResourceChainRegistration addTransformer(ResourceTransformer transformer)
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	protected List<ResourceResolver> getResourceResolvers() {
 		if (!this.hasPathResolver) {
 			List<ResourceResolver> result = new ArrayList<>(this.resolvers);
-			if (isWebJarsAssetLocatorPresent && !this.hasWebjarsResolver) {
+			if (isWebJarVersionLocatorPresent && !this.hasWebjarsResolver) {
+				result.add(new LiteWebJarsResourceResolver());
+			}
+			else if (isWebJarAssetLocatorPresent && !this.hasWebjarsResolver) {
 				result.add(new WebJarsResourceResolver());
 			}
 			result.add(new PathResourceResolver());
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08c8160f27ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.webjars.WebJarVersionLocator;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * A {@code ResourceResolver} that delegates to the chain to locate a resource and then
+ * attempts to find a matching versioned resource contained in a WebJar JAR file.
+ *
+ * <p>This allows WebJars.org users to write version agnostic paths in their templates,
+ * like {@code <script src="/webjars/jquery/jquery.min.js"/>}.
+ * This path will be resolved to the unique version {@code <script src="/webjars/jquery/1.2.0/jquery.min.js"/>},
+ * which is a better fit for HTTP caching and version management in applications.
+ *
+ * <p>This also resolves resources for version agnostic HTTP requests {@code "GET /jquery/jquery.min.js"}.
+ *
+ * <p>This resolver requires the {@code org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite} library
+ * on the classpath and is automatically registered if that library is present.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @since 6.2
+ * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceChainRegistration
+ * @see <a href="https://www.webjars.org">webjars.org</a>
+ */
+public class LiteWebJarsResourceResolver extends AbstractResourceResolver {
+
+	private static final int WEBJARS_LOCATION_LENGTH = WebJarVersionLocator.WEBJARS_PATH_PREFIX.length() + 1;
+
+	private final WebJarVersionLocator webJarAssetLocator;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@code LiteWebJarsResourceResolver} with a default {@code WebJarVersionLocator} instance.
+	 */
+	public LiteWebJarsResourceResolver() {
+		this.webJarAssetLocator = new WebJarVersionLocator();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@code LiteWebJarsResourceResolver} with a custom {@code WebJarVersionLocator} instance,
+	 * e.g. with a custom cache implementation.
+	 */
+	public LiteWebJarsResourceResolver(WebJarVersionLocator webJarAssetLocator) {
+		this.webJarAssetLocator = webJarAssetLocator;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	protected Resource resolveResourceInternal(@Nullable HttpServletRequest request, String requestPath,
+			List<? extends Resource> locations, ResourceResolverChain chain) {
+
+		Resource resolved = chain.resolveResource(request, requestPath, locations);
+		if (resolved == null) {
+			String webJarResourcePath = findWebJarResourcePath(requestPath);
+			if (webJarResourcePath != null) {
+				return chain.resolveResource(request, webJarResourcePath, locations);
+			}
+		}
+		return resolved;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	protected String resolveUrlPathInternal(String resourceUrlPath,
+			List<? extends Resource> locations, ResourceResolverChain chain) {
+
+		String path = chain.resolveUrlPath(resourceUrlPath, locations);
+		if (path == null) {
+			String webJarResourcePath = findWebJarResourcePath(resourceUrlPath);
+			if (webJarResourcePath != null) {
+				return chain.resolveUrlPath(webJarResourcePath, locations);
+			}
+		}
+		return path;
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	protected String findWebJarResourcePath(String path) {
+		int startOffset = (path.startsWith("/") ? 1 : 0);
+		int endOffset = path.indexOf('/', 1);
+		if (endOffset != -1) {
+			String webjar = path.substring(startOffset, endOffset);
+			String partialPath = path.substring(endOffset + 1);
+			String webJarPath = this.webJarAssetLocator.fullPath(webjar, partialPath);
+			if (webJarPath != null) {
+				return webJarPath.substring(WEBJARS_LOCATION_LENGTH);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java
index 404ce2e35884..bf6ef3680d56 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
@@ -42,10 +42,14 @@
  * could slow down application startup.
  *
  * @author Brian Clozel
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 4.2
  * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceChainRegistration
  * @see <a href="https://www.webjars.org">webjars.org</a>
+ * @see LiteWebJarsResourceResolver
+ * @deprecated as of Spring Framework 6.2 in favor of {@link LiteWebJarsResourceResolver}
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public class WebJarsResourceResolver extends AbstractResourceResolver {
 
 	private static final String WEBJARS_LOCATION = "META-INF/resources/webjars/";
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java
index eb9cba86ba5a..201f7ffc9ce0 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ void testResourcesWithOptionalAttributes() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	void testResourcesWithResolversTransformers() {
 		loadBeanDefinitions("mvc-config-resources-chain.xml");
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
index 9af849115fae..0cadc15f58d7 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ResourceHandlerRegistryTests.java
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.CachingResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.CachingResourceTransformer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.CssLinkResourceTransformer;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.LiteWebJarsResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.PathResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceTransformer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.VersionResourceResolver;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.WebJarsResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockServletContext;
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
  * Tests for {@link ResourceHandlerRegistry}.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  */
 class ResourceHandlerRegistryTests {
 
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ void hasMappingForPattern() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	void resourceChain() {
 		ResourceResolver mockResolver = mock();
 		ResourceTransformer mockTransformer = mock();
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ void resourceChain() {
 				zero -> assertThat(zero).isInstanceOfSatisfying(CachingResourceResolver.class,
 						cachingResolver -> assertThat(cachingResolver.getCache()).isInstanceOf(ConcurrentMapCache.class)),
 				one -> assertThat(one).isEqualTo(mockResolver),
-				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(WebJarsResourceResolver.class),
+				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.class),
 				three -> assertThat(three).isInstanceOf(PathResourceResolver.class));
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceTransformers()).satisfiesExactly(
 				zero -> assertThat(zero).isInstanceOf(CachingResourceTransformer.class),
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ void resourceChainWithoutCaching() {
 
 		ResourceHttpRequestHandler handler = getHandler("/resources/**");
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceResolvers()).hasExactlyElementsOfTypes(
-				WebJarsResourceResolver.class, PathResourceResolver.class);
+				LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.class, PathResourceResolver.class);
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceTransformers()).isEmpty();
 	}
 
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ void resourceChainWithVersionResolver() {
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceResolvers()).satisfiesExactly(
 				zero -> assertThat(zero).isInstanceOf(CachingResourceResolver.class),
 				one -> assertThat(one).isSameAs(versionResolver),
-				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(WebJarsResourceResolver.class),
+				two -> assertThat(two).isInstanceOf(LiteWebJarsResourceResolver.class),
 				three -> assertThat(three).isInstanceOf(PathResourceResolver.class));
 		assertThat(handler.getResourceTransformers()).hasExactlyElementsOfTypes(
 				CachingResourceTransformer.class, CssLinkResourceTransformer.class);
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ void resourceChainWithVersionResolver() {
 	void resourceChainWithOverrides() {
 		CachingResourceResolver cachingResolver = mock();
 		VersionResourceResolver versionResolver = mock();
-		WebJarsResourceResolver webjarsResolver = mock();
+		LiteWebJarsResourceResolver webjarsResolver = mock();
 		PathResourceResolver pathResourceResolver = new PathResourceResolver();
 		CachingResourceTransformer cachingTransformer = mock();
 		CssLinkResourceTransformer cssLinkTransformer = new CssLinkResourceTransformer();
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66d18b5ed08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockHttpServletRequest;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link LiteWebJarsResourceResolver}.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ */
+class LiteWebJarsResourceResolverTests {
+
+	private List<Resource> locations = List.of(new ClassPathResource("/META-INF/resources/webjars"));
+
+	// for this to work, an actual WebJar must be on the test classpath
+	private LiteWebJarsResourceResolver resolver = new LiteWebJarsResourceResolver();
+
+	private ResourceResolverChain chain = mock();
+
+	private HttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlExisting() {
+		String file = "/foo/2.3/foo.txt";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(file);
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(file);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlExistingNotInJarFile() {
+		String file = "foo/foo.txt";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(null);
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isNull();
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, never()).resolveUrlPath("foo/2.3/foo.txt", this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlWebJarResource() {
+		String file = "underscorejs/underscore.js";
+		String expected = "underscorejs/1.8.3/underscore.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(null);
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(expected, this.locations)).willReturn(expected);
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(expected, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveUrlWebJarResourceNotFound() {
+		String file = "something/something.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(null);
+
+		String actual = this.resolver.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations, this.chain);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isNull();
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, never()).resolveUrlPath(null, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveResourceExisting() {
+		Resource expected = mock();
+		String file = "foo/2.3/foo.txt";
+		given(this.chain.resolveResource(this.request, file, this.locations)).willReturn(expected);
+
+		Resource actual = this.resolver.resolveResource(this.request, file, this.locations, this.chain);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveResource(this.request, file, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveResourceNotFound() {
+		String file = "something/something.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveUrlPath(file, this.locations)).willReturn(null);
+
+		Resource actual = this.resolver.resolveResource(this.request, file, this.locations, this.chain);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isNull();
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveResource(this.request, file, this.locations);
+		verify(this.chain, never()).resolveResource(this.request, null, this.locations);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void resolveResourceWebJar() {
+		Resource expected = mock();
+		String file = "underscorejs/underscore.js";
+		String expectedPath = "underscorejs/1.8.3/underscore.js";
+		given(this.chain.resolveResource(this.request, expectedPath, this.locations)).willReturn(expected);
+
+		Resource actual = this.resolver.resolveResource(this.request, file, this.locations, this.chain);
+
+		assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
+		verify(this.chain, times(1)).resolveResource(this.request, file, this.locations);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolverTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolverTests.java
index 30cd9b0e9657..373647e9d485 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/WebJarsResourceResolverTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @author Sam Brannen
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 class WebJarsResourceResolverTests {
 
 	private List<Resource> locations = List.of(new ClassPathResource("/META-INF/resources/webjars"));