diff --git a/components/camel-jira/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jira/consumer/AbstractJiraConsumer.java b/components/camel-jira/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jira/consumer/AbstractJiraConsumer.java
index 5329a1a64f44c..c9210811a5dd0 100644
--- a/components/camel-jira/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jira/consumer/AbstractJiraConsumer.java
+++ b/components/camel-jira/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/jira/consumer/AbstractJiraConsumer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.SearchRestClient;
 import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.Issue;
 import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.SearchResult;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.async.AsynchronousCloudSearchRestClient;
 import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
 import org.apache.camel.ExchangePropertyKey;
 import org.apache.camel.Processor;
@@ -125,18 +126,26 @@ protected Queue<Issue> getIssues(String jql, int start, int maxPerQuery, int max
         Set<Issue> issues = new LinkedHashSet<>();
         while (true) {
             SearchRestClient searchRestClient = endpoint.getClient().getSearchClient();
-            SearchResult searchResult = searchRestClient.searchJql(jql, maxPerQuery, start, null).claim();
+            // *navigable should be the default value, but it does not seem to be true with 6.0.2 client
+            SearchResult searchResult = searchRestClient.searchJql(jql, maxPerQuery, start, Set.of("*navigable")).claim();
 
             for (Issue issue : searchResult.getIssues()) {
                 issues.add(issue);
             }
 
-            // Note: #getTotal == the total # the query would return *without* pagination, effectively telling us
+            // Note: the total # the query would return *without* pagination, effectively telling us
             // we've reached the end. Also exit early if we're limiting the # of results or
             // if total # of returned issues is lower than the actual page size.
-            if (maxPerQuery >= searchResult.getTotal() ||
-                    start >= searchResult.getTotal() ||
-                    maxResults > 0 && issues.size() >= maxResults) {
+            int total;
+            if (searchRestClient instanceof AsynchronousCloudSearchRestClient) {
+                // calling searchResult.getTotal() on AsynchronousCloudSearchRestClient throws an exception:
+                // Total is not available in the Cloud version of the new Search API response.
+                // Please use `SearchRestClient.totalCount` instead to fetch the estimated count of the issues for a given JQL
+                total = searchRestClient.totalCount(jql).claim().getCount();
+            } else {
+                total = searchResult.getTotal();
+            }
+            if (maxPerQuery >= total || start >= total || maxResults > 0 && issues.size() >= maxResults) {
                 break;
             }