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 2b7ec17d8f57..170a8faac5d7 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
@@ -184,5 +184,8 @@ private static void configureIgnoredTasks(IgnoredTypesBuilder builder) {
     // Skip propagating context into truffle compiler.
     // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues/8415
     builder.ignoreTaskClass("org.graalvm.compiler.truffle.runtime.CompilationTask");
+
+    // Skip propagating context into mysql jdbc driver cleanup thread.
+    builder.ignoreTaskClass("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.AbandonedConnectionCleanupThread");
   }
 }