diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/service/extension/camel/JavaCamelIdeaUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/service/extension/camel/JavaCamelIdeaUtils.java
index d8a968f6..aba23979 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/service/extension/camel/JavaCamelIdeaUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/service/extension/camel/JavaCamelIdeaUtils.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiMethod;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiMethodCallExpression;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiReferenceExpression;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiThisExpression;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiType;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiTypeParameter;
 import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CodeStyleSettings;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
 import com.intellij.psi.util.ClassUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.InheritanceUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.LightVirtualFile;
 
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
@@ -372,6 +374,13 @@ public PsiClass getBeanClass(PsiElement element) {
             }
 
             PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement referenceElement = PsiTreeUtil.findChildOfType(beanPsiElement, PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement.class);
+            if (referenceElement == null) {
+                PsiThisExpression thisExpression = PsiTreeUtil.findChildOfType(beanPsiElement, PsiThisExpression.class);
+                if (thisExpression != null) {
+                    return PsiUtil.resolveClassInClassTypeOnly(thisExpression.getType());
+                }
+            }
+
             final PsiClass psiClass = JavaClassUtils.getService().resolveClassReference(referenceElement);
 
             if (psiClass != null && !JAVA_LANG_STRING.equals(psiClass.getQualifiedName())) {
@@ -379,7 +388,12 @@ public PsiClass getBeanClass(PsiElement element) {
             }
 
             String beanName = "";
-            if (referenceElement instanceof PsiReferenceExpression) {
+            if (referenceElement instanceof PsiReferenceExpression refExpression) {
+                PsiType beanType = refExpression.getType();
+                PsiClass beanClass = PsiUtil.resolveClassInClassTypeOnly(beanType);
+                if (beanClass != null && !String.class.getName().equals(beanClass.getQualifiedName())) {
+                    return beanClass;
+                }
                 beanName = getStaticBeanName(referenceElement, beanName);
             } else {
                 final String[] beanParameters = beanPsiElement.getText().replace("(", "").replace(")", "").split(",");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/reference/CamelBeanMethodReferenceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/reference/CamelBeanMethodReferenceTest.java
index defeef91..84d0a001 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/reference/CamelBeanMethodReferenceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/cameltooling/idea/reference/CamelBeanMethodReferenceTest.java
@@ -193,4 +193,27 @@ public void testFindUsageFromWithAmbiguousToBeanDSLWithParameters() {
         assertThat(referenceElement, instanceOf(PsiLiteralExpression.class));
         assertEquals("(beanTestData, \"myAmbiguousMethod(${body})\")", referenceElement.getParent().getText());
     }
+
+    public void testThisKeywordUsedAsBean() {
+        myFixture.configureByText("MyRoute.java",
+                // language=JAVA
+                """
+                import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
+                public class MyRoute extends RouteBuilder {
+                    @Override
+                    public void configure() {
+                        from("direct:test")
+                            .bean(this, "myMet<caret>hod");
+                    }
+                
+                    public String myMethod() { return "Hello World"; }
+                
+                }
+                """);
+        PsiElement element = myFixture.getFile().findElementAt(myFixture.getCaretOffset()).getParent();
+        final ResolveResult[] resolveResults = ((CamelBeanMethodReference) element.getReferences()[0]).multiResolve(false);
+        assertEquals(1, resolveResults.length);
+        assertEquals("public String myMethod() { return \"Hello World\"; }",  resolveResults[0].getElement().getText());
+    }
+
 }