diff --git a/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/main/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImpl.java b/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/main/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImpl.java
index da4efc7f0f2..4184bcccc2c 100644
--- a/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/main/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImpl.java
+++ b/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/main/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImpl.java
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ protected void initialize() {
         if (legacyMode) {
             super.initialize();
         } else {
-            // Unlike v4 resource, v2 Resource enabled flag has never been used. Keep this unchanged to avoid unexpected behavior or breaking changes.
             reactable
                 .dependencies(Resource.class)
+                .stream()
+                .filter(Resource::isEnabled)
                 .forEach(resource -> {
                     log.debug("Loading resource {} for {}", resource.getName(), reactable);
                     final io.gravitee.resource.api.Resource resourceInstance = resourceLoader.load(
diff --git a/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/test/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImplTest.java b/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/test/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImplTest.java
index bd9b48601a2..057176135ab 100644
--- a/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/test/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImplTest.java
+++ b/gravitee-apim-gateway/gravitee-apim-gateway-resource/src/test/java/io/gravitee/gateway/resource/internal/ResourceManagerImplTest.java
@@ -156,14 +156,11 @@ void should_not_ignore_when_resource_is_disabled() {
         final ResourcePlugin resourcePlugin = mock(ResourcePlugin.class);
         resource.setEnabled(false);
 
-        when(resourcePlugin.resource()).thenReturn(Fake.class);
         when(reactable.dependencies(Resource.class)).thenReturn(Set.of(resource));
-        when(resourcePluginManager.get(resource.getType())).thenReturn(resourcePlugin);
-
         cut.initialize();
 
-        assertThat(cut.containsResource(resource.getName())).isTrue();
-        assertThat(cut.getResource(resource.getName())).isExactlyInstanceOf(Fake.class);
+        assertThat(cut.containsResource(resource.getName())).isFalse();
+        assertThat(cut.getResource(resource.getName())).isNull();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -240,6 +237,46 @@ void should_initialize_resource_that_use_deployment_context() {
         assertThat(((FakeWithDeploymentContext) r).getDeploymentContext()).isNotNull().isSameAs(deploymentContext);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void should_initialize_enabled_resource_and_not_load_disabled_resource() {
+        final Resource enabledResource = buildResource();
+        enabledResource.setName("enabled-resource");
+        enabledResource.setEnabled(true);
+
+        final Resource disabledResource = buildResource();
+        disabledResource.setName("disabled-resource");
+        disabledResource.setType("test-disabled");
+        disabledResource.setEnabled(false);
+
+        final FakeConfiguration fakeConfiguration = new FakeConfiguration();
+        final ResourcePlugin resourcePlugin = mock(ResourcePlugin.class);
+
+        when(resourcePlugin.resource()).thenReturn(Fake.class);
+        when(reactable.dependencies(Resource.class)).thenReturn(Set.of(enabledResource, disabledResource));
+        when(resourcePluginManager.get(anyString())).thenReturn(resourcePlugin);
+        when(resourcePlugin.configuration()).thenReturn(FakeConfiguration.class);
+        when(resourceConfigurationFactory.create(FakeConfiguration.class, enabledResource.getConfiguration())).thenReturn(
+            fakeConfiguration
+        );
+
+        cut.initialize();
+
+        // Only enabled resource should be loaded due to .filter(Resource::isEnabled)
+        assertThat(cut.containsResource(enabledResource.getName())).isTrue();
+        assertThat(cut.containsResource(disabledResource.getName())).isFalse();
+
+        final Object enabledR = cut.getResource(enabledResource.getName());
+        assertThat(enabledR).isExactlyInstanceOf(Fake.class);
+        assertThat(((Fake) enabledR).configuration()).isSameAs(fakeConfiguration);
+
+        final Object disabledR = cut.getResource(disabledResource.getName());
+        assertThat(disabledR).isNull();
+
+        // Verify only the enabled resource was loaded
+        verify(resourcePluginManager).get(enabledResource.getType());
+        verify(resourcePluginManager, never()).get(disabledResource.getType());
+    }
+
     private Resource buildResource() {
         final Resource resource = new Resource();
         resource.setType("test");