diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/GlobalIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/GlobalIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java
index 9abe23ce5f50..0a8b709b1d11 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/GlobalIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/GlobalIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ private static void configureIgnoredTypes(IgnoredTypesBuilder builder) {
         .ignoreClass("com.nr.agent.")
         .ignoreClass("com.singularity.")
         .ignoreClass("com.jinspired.")
-        .ignoreClass("org.jinspired.");
+        .ignoreClass("org.jinspired.")
+        .ignoreClass("org.jboss.byteman.");
 
     // allow JDK HttpClient
     builder.allowClass("jdk.internal.net.http.");