diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java
index d5ba3d2c5add..d5c571932c34 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-1.11/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v1_11/AwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public AwsSdkInstrumentationModule() {
 
   @Override
   public boolean isHelperClass(String className) {
-    return className.startsWith("io.opentelemetry.contrib.awsxray.");
+    return className.startsWith("io.opentelemetry.contrib.awsxray.") || className.startsWith("com.fasterxml.jackson");
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AbstractAwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AbstractAwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java
index 5dc5f2ab9d4f..8f3b0e5a1080 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AbstractAwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-sdk/aws-sdk-2.2/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/awssdk/v2_2/AbstractAwsSdkInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ protected AbstractAwsSdkInstrumentationModule(String additionalInstrumentationNa
 
   @Override
   public boolean isHelperClass(String className) {
-    return className.startsWith("io.opentelemetry.contrib.awsxray.");
+    return className.startsWith("io.opentelemetry.contrib.awsxray.") || className.startsWith("com.fasterxml.jackson");
   }
 
   @Override