diff --git a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/build.gradle.kts
index 1e4df320a25f..7c03ffe3df1d 100644
--- a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootJar
-
 plugins {
   id("otel.java-conventions")
-  id("org.springframework.boot") version "2.6.15"
 }
 
 description = "smoke-tests-otel-starter-spring-boot-common"
 
 dependencies {
   // spring dependencies are compile only to enable testing against different versions of spring
-  compileOnly(platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
+  compileOnly(platform("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:2.6.15"))
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test")
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc")
@@ -27,6 +24,11 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(project(":instrumentation:spring:starters:spring-boot-starter"))
 }
 
-tasks.withType<BootJar> {
-  enabled = false
+tasks {
+  compileJava {
+    with(options) {
+      // preserve parameter names for @SpanAttribute
+      compilerArgs.add("-parameters")
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-common/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-common/build.gradle.kts
index 77eeb8ea3d0d..2950d0ab1f7d 100644
--- a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
-import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootJar
-
 plugins {
   id("otel.java-conventions")
-  id("org.springframework.boot") version "2.6.15"
 }
 
 description = "smoke-tests-otel-starter-spring-boot-reactive-common"
 
 dependencies {
   // spring dependencies are compile only to enable testing against different versions of spring
-  compileOnly(platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
+  compileOnly(platform("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:2.6.15"))
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux")
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test")
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-r2dbc")
   api(project(":smoke-tests-otel-starter:spring-smoke-testing"))
 }
-
-tasks.withType<BootJar> {
-  enabled = false
-}
diff --git a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-smoke-testing/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-smoke-testing/build.gradle.kts
index fbbb80bd6478..0ffd2f38de95 100644
--- a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-smoke-testing/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-smoke-testing/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
-import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootJar
-
 plugins {
   id("otel.java-conventions")
-  id("org.springframework.boot") version "2.6.15"
 }
 
 description = "smoke-tests-otel-starter-spring-smoke-testing"
 
 dependencies {
   // spring dependencies are compile only to enable testing against different versions of spring
-  compileOnly(platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
+  compileOnly(platform("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:2.6.15"))
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter")
   compileOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test")
   api(project(":testing-common"))
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi")
   implementation("com.google.guava:guava")
 }
-
-tasks.withType<BootJar> {
-  enabled = false
-}