diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 6cab40bb5cd5..3b3422bae445 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation("javax.activation:activation:1.1.1")
   testImplementation("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.0.0")
   testImplementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:3.0.0")
+
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:6.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 otelJava {
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/spring-testing/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/spring-testing/build.gradle.kts
index 91152bd509b9..c16c626b42de 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/spring-testing/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/spring-testing/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:3.0.0")
 
   springAgent("org.springframework:spring-instrument:6.0.7")
+
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:6.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 otelJava {