diff --git a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/isolation/ReflectionScanner.java b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/isolation/ReflectionScanner.java
index 9289162b6386..192d0391a0bb 100644
--- a/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/isolation/ReflectionScanner.java
+++ b/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/isolation/ReflectionScanner.java
@@ -28,17 +28,23 @@
 import org.reflections.Configuration;
 import org.reflections.Reflections;
 import org.reflections.ReflectionsException;
+import org.reflections.Store;
 import org.reflections.scanners.SubTypesScanner;
 import org.reflections.util.ConfigurationBuilder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
  * A {@link PluginScanner} implementation which uses reflection and {@link ServiceLoader} to discover plugins.
@@ -159,5 +165,61 @@ protected void scan(URL url) {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void scan() {
+            // The super constructor instantiates a store to be used in this method.
+            // Replace the store with a custom subclass, then call the normal scan to use the custom store.
+            store = new InternalStore();
+            super.scan();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class InternalStore extends Store {
+
+        private static final Field STORE_MAP_FIELD = storeMapField();
+        private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Map<String, Collection<String>>> storeMap;
+
+        private static Field storeMapField() {
+            try {
+                Field field = Store.class.getDeclaredField("storeMap");
+                field.setAccessible(true);
+                return field;
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                log.error("Unable to access org.reflections.Store#storeMap, falling back to default behavior", e);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public InternalStore() {
+            super();
+            storeMap = storeMap();
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        private ConcurrentHashMap<String, Map<String, Collection<String>>> storeMap() {
+            if (STORE_MAP_FIELD == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            try {
+                return (ConcurrentHashMap<String, Map<String, Collection<String>>>) STORE_MAP_FIELD.get(this);
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                log.error("Unable to access org.reflections.Store#storeMap, falling back to default behavior", e);
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean put(String index, String key, String value) {
+            if (storeMap != null) {
+                // When Reflections is used for parallel scans, it has a bug where concurrent calls to add() cause
+                // nulls to appear in the non-thread-safe ArrayList. Override in order to insert synchronized ArrayLists.
+                return storeMap.computeIfAbsent(index, s -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>())
+                        .computeIfAbsent(key, s -> Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<>()))
+                        .add(value);
+            } else {
+                return super.put(index, key, value);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }