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 b452d792cfd3..d6b6b3bbb5d0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ muzzle {
   }
 }
 
+val latestDepTest = findProperty("testLatestDeps") as Boolean
+
 dependencies {
   library("org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit:1.0.0.RELEASE")
 
@@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ dependencies {
   // 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
+  if (latestDepTest) {
+    testLibrary("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:latest.release")
+  }
 }
 
 tasks {
@@ -36,8 +38,6 @@ tasks {
   }
 }
 
-val latestDepTest = findProperty("testLatestDeps") as Boolean
-
 // spring 6 requires java 17
 if (latestDepTest) {
   otelJava {
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/AdditionalLibraryIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/AdditionalLibraryIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java
index 7b51eeb3ad0c..c97e34993b76 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/AdditionalLibraryIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/ignore/AdditionalLibraryIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ public void configure(IgnoredTypesBuilder builder) {
         .allowClass(
             "org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.web.reactive.server.MetricsWebFilter$$Lambda")
         .allowClass("org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.BackgroundPreinitializer$")
+        .allowClass(
+            "org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.preinitialize.BackgroundPreinitializingApplicationListener$")
         .allowClass(
             "org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cassandra.CassandraAutoConfiguration$$Lambda")
         .allowClass("org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnClassCondition$")