diff --git a/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/lettuce/v5_1/AbstractLettuceSyncClientTest.java b/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/lettuce/v5_1/AbstractLettuceSyncClientTest.java
index 154215fc5ab7..4eda1362ebe0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/lettuce/v5_1/AbstractLettuceSyncClientTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/lettuce/lettuce-5.1/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/lettuce/v5_1/AbstractLettuceSyncClientTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.db.SemconvStabilityUtil.maybeStable;
 import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.equalTo;
 import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.satisfies;
-import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.DbAttributes.DB_NAMESPACE;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.DbAttributes.DB_SYSTEM_NAME;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.NetworkAttributes.NETWORK_PEER_ADDRESS;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.NetworkAttributes.NETWORK_PEER_PORT;
@@ -151,9 +150,6 @@ void testSetCommand() {
                 SERVER_PORT,
                 NETWORK_PEER_ADDRESS,
                 NETWORK_PEER_PORT));
-    if (Boolean.getBoolean("testLatestDeps")) {
-      expected.add(DB_NAMESPACE);
-    }
     assertDurationMetric(testing(), "io.opentelemetry.lettuce-5.1", toArray(expected));
   }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index c10e24817dff..336e7403c411 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ dependencies {
 
   // dependency management pins logback-classic to 1.3 which is the last release that supports java 8
   latestDepTestLibrary("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:latest.release")
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
index 5752ad25d42f..11999b5c79d4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ dependencies {
   add("javaSpring3CompileOnly", "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure")
   add("javaSpring3CompileOnly", project(":instrumentation:spring:spring-web:spring-web-3.1:library"))
   add("javaSpring3CompileOnly", project(":instrumentation:spring:spring-webmvc:spring-webmvc-6.0:library"))
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-r2dbc:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 val latestDepTest = findProperty("testLatestDeps") as Boolean
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-aws-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-aws-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 60fd14472e50..e7e3b2cfda2a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-aws-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-aws-3.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ dependencies {
 
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.0.0")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.0.0")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 otelJava {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-gateway/spring-cloud-gateway-2.2/testing/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-gateway/spring-cloud-gateway-2.2/testing/build.gradle.kts
index bf0a90a3cdbd..37a67d795322 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-gateway/spring-cloud-gateway-2.2/testing/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-gateway/spring-cloud-gateway-2.2/testing/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ dependencies {
 
   testLibrary("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-gateway:2.2.0.RELEASE")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:2.2.0.RELEASE")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-jms/spring-jms-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-jms/spring-jms-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 3ef0f27fc81f..7833c8c15dee 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-jms/spring-jms-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-jms/spring-jms-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ dependencies {
 
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.0.0")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.0.0")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 // spring 6 requires java 17
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 4ef8391b042c..0d474cd589df 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ dependencies {
 
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:2.5.3")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:2.5.3")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 val latestDepTest = findProperty("testLatestDeps") as Boolean
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ testing {
 
         // the "library" configuration is not recognized by the test suite plugin
         val springKafkaVersion = if (latestDepTest) "latest.release" else "2.7.0"
-        val springBootVersion = if (latestDepTest) "latest.release" else "2.5.3"
+        val springBootVersion = if (latestDepTest) "3.+" else "2.5.3"
         implementation("org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka:$springKafkaVersion")
         implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:$springBootVersion")
         implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:$springBootVersion")
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/build.gradle.kts
index 17022436e629..81acd54ce9c8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-kafka-2.7/library/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ dependencies {
 
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:2.5.3")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:2.5.3")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-pulsar-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-pulsar-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index e392a9ff23b7..94ffb439720f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-pulsar-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-pulsar-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ dependencies {
 
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.2.4")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.2.4")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 val latestDepTest = findProperty("testLatestDeps") as Boolean
@@ -35,8 +39,8 @@ testing {
 
         if (latestDepTest) {
           implementation("org.springframework.pulsar:spring-pulsar:latest.release")
-          implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:latest.release")
-          implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:latest.release")
+          implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+")
+          implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.+")
         } else {
           implementation("org.springframework.pulsar:spring-pulsar:1.0.0")
           implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.2.4")
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 389910586f68..b452d792cfd3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ dependencies {
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:1.5.22.RELEASE")
   // spring-retry is required by org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit:4.0.0
   testLibrary("org.springframework.retry:spring-retry")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 tasks {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index a1c07695dcb8..8dd2bf8eabc1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webflux/spring-webflux-5.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ dependencies {
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux:2.0.0.RELEASE")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:2.0.0.RELEASE")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-reactor-netty:2.0.0.RELEASE")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-reactor-netty:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 val latestDepTest = findProperty("testLatestDeps") as Boolean
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/build.gradle.kts
index f4bbfc2dc53c..8144e116bdf4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-5.3/library/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly("org.springframework:spring-webmvc:5.3.0")
   compileOnly("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1")
 
-  testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:$springBootVersion")
-  testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:$springBootVersion") {
+  testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:$springBootVersion")
+  testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:$springBootVersion") {
     exclude("org.junit.vintage", "junit-vintage-engine")
   }
+
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:2.+") // see spring-webmvc-6.0 module
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:2.+") // see spring-webmvc-6.0 module
 }
 
 configurations.testRuntimeClasspath {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index cf6d5fb378f4..efcff99ffc2a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ dependencies {
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.0.0")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.0.0")
   testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:3.0.0")
+
+  // tests don't work with spring boot 4 yet
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.+") // documented limitation
+  latestDepTestLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:3.+") // documented limitation
 }
 
 // spring 6 requires java 17
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/build.gradle.kts
index 404b74b29671..d1499b41d6c4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly("org.springframework:spring-webmvc:6.0.0")
   compileOnly("jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api:5.0.0")
 
-  testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.0.0")
-  testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.0.0")
+  testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:3.0.0")
+  testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.0.0")
 }
 
 // spring 6 requires java 17
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ tasks {
     targetCompatibility = "1.8"
     options.release.set(null as Int?)
   }
+
+  withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    systemProperty("testLatestDeps", findProperty("testLatestDeps") as Boolean)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/WebMvcHttpServerTest.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/WebMvcHttpServerTest.java
index 2452fc1ef03c..f3581c6f79bf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/WebMvcHttpServerTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc-6.0/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/webmvc/v6_0/WebMvcHttpServerTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ protected void configure(HttpServerTestOptions options) {
           return expectedHttpRoute(endpoint, method);
         });
 
-    options.setResponseCodeOnNonStandardHttpMethod(501);
+    options.setResponseCodeOnNonStandardHttpMethod(
+        Boolean.getBoolean("testLatestDeps") ? 200 : 501);
   }
 
   @Test