diff --git a/components/camel-bean/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/BeanInfo.java b/components/camel-bean/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/BeanInfo.java
index f51695b2796a1..904e8cfdfdbf1 100644
--- a/components/camel-bean/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/BeanInfo.java
+++ b/components/camel-bean/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/BeanInfo.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 import org.apache.camel.PropertyInject;
 import org.apache.camel.Variable;
 import org.apache.camel.Variables;
-import org.apache.camel.support.DefaultExchange;
 import org.apache.camel.support.ObjectHelper;
 import org.apache.camel.support.builder.ExpressionBuilder;
 import org.apache.camel.support.language.AnnotationExpressionFactory;
@@ -163,18 +162,12 @@ public BeanInfo(CamelContext camelContext, Class<?> type, Object instance, Metho
         operationsWithHandlerAnnotation = Collections.unmodifiableList(operationsWithHandlerAnnotation);
         methodMap = Collections.unmodifiableMap(methodMap);
 
-        // key must be instance based for custom/handler annotations
-        boolean instanceBased = !operationsWithCustomAnnotation.isEmpty() || !operationsWithHandlerAnnotation.isEmpty();
-        // do not cache Exchange based beans
-        instanceBased &= DefaultExchange.class != type;
-        if (instanceBased) {
-            // add new bean info to cache (instance based)
-            component.addBeanInfoToCache(key, this);
-        } else {
-            // add new bean info to cache (not instance based, favor key2 if possible)
-            BeanInfoCacheKey k = key2 != null ? key2 : key;
-            component.addBeanInfoToCache(k, this);
-        }
+        // always use class-based caching (key2 when available) since introspection
+        // results depend on the class type, not the instance identity.
+        // Instance-based keys cause unbounded cache growth for ephemeral message bodies
+        // used with OGNL expressions like ${body.xxx} (CAMEL-23282).
+        BeanInfoCacheKey k = key2 != null ? key2 : key;
+        component.addBeanInfoToCache(k, this);
     }
 
     public Class<?> getType() {
diff --git a/core/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/BeanInfoCacheBodyOgnlTest.java b/core/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/BeanInfoCacheBodyOgnlTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ff5f8a427be73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/camel-core/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/bean/BeanInfoCacheBodyOgnlTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.apache.camel.component.bean;
+
+import org.apache.camel.ContextTestSupport;
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Test for CAMEL-23282: Body OGNL expressions like ${body.name} must use class-based BeanInfo caching, not
+ * instance-based, even when the body class has methods with Exchange/Message parameters or handler annotations.
+ */
+public class BeanInfoCacheBodyOgnlTest extends ContextTestSupport {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBodyOgnlCacheUsesClassKey() throws Exception {
+        BeanComponent bean = context.getComponent("bean", BeanComponent.class);
+
+        assertEquals(0, bean.getCurrentBeanCacheSize());
+
+        getMockEndpoint("mock:result").expectedMessageCount(5);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            template.sendBody("direct:start", new MyOrder("order-" + i));
+        }
+
+        assertMockEndpointsSatisfied();
+
+        // cache should have 1 entry (class-based), not 5 (instance-based)
+        assertEquals(1, bean.getCurrentBeanCacheSize());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RouteBuilder createRouteBuilder() {
+        return new RouteBuilder() {
+            @Override
+            public void configure() {
+                from("direct:start")
+                        .setHeader("orderName", simple("${body.name}"))
+                        .to("mock:result");
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Body class with a method accepting Exchange — this previously triggered instance-based BeanInfo caching.
+     */
+    public static class MyOrder {
+        private final String name;
+
+        public MyOrder(String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        public String getName() {
+            return name;
+        }
+
+        public void process(Exchange exchange) {
+            // triggers hasCustomAnnotation=true in BeanInfo introspection
+        }
+    }
+}