diff --git a/packages/instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts b/packages/instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
index 0f4cedef05..d5b958569b 100644
--- a/packages/instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/instrumentation-pg/src/utils.ts
@@ -104,11 +104,13 @@ export function getQuerySpanName(
 }
 
 export function parseNormalizedOperationName(queryText: string) {
-  const indexOfFirstSpace = queryText.indexOf(' ');
+  // Trim the query text to handle leading/trailing whitespace
+  const trimmedQuery = queryText.trim();
+  const indexOfFirstSpace = trimmedQuery.indexOf(' ');
   let sqlCommand =
     indexOfFirstSpace === -1
-      ? queryText
-      : queryText.slice(0, indexOfFirstSpace);
+      ? trimmedQuery
+      : trimmedQuery.slice(0, indexOfFirstSpace);
   sqlCommand = sqlCommand.toUpperCase();
 
   // Handle query text being "COMMIT;", which has an extra semicolon before the space.
diff --git a/packages/instrumentation-pg/test/utils.test.ts b/packages/instrumentation-pg/test/utils.test.ts
index 673ab0d42c..44bf827e25 100644
--- a/packages/instrumentation-pg/test/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/instrumentation-pg/test/utils.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,27 @@ describe('utils.ts', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('remove leading whitespaces when parsing operation names', () => {
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.getQuerySpanName('dbName', { text: ' SELECT $1' }),
+        'pg.query:SELECT dbName'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('remove trailing whitespaces when parsing operation names', () => {
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.getQuerySpanName('dbName', { text: 'SELECT $1 ' }),
+        'pg.query:SELECT dbName'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('remove leading and trailing whitespace when parsing operation names', () => {
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        utils.getQuerySpanName('dbName', { text: '  SELECT $1  ' }),
+        'pg.query:SELECT dbName'
+      );
+    });
+
     it('omits db name if missing', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(
         utils.getQuerySpanName(undefined, dummyQuery),