diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
index 5b4e907e29..b4a2a6407e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ object Config {
         val springBoot3StarterJdbc = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc:$springBoot3Version"
         val springBoot3StarterActuator = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:$springBoot3Version"
         val springBoot3StarterOpenTelemetry = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter:${OpenTelemetry.otelInstrumentationVersion}"
+        val springBoot3StarterOpenTelemetryNoversion = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter"
 
         val springWeb = "org.springframework:spring-webmvc"
         val springWebflux = "org.springframework:spring-webflux"
diff --git a/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts
index 9f0a0ff117..d52f664613 100644
--- a/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-bom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ plugins {
     `maven-publish`
 }
 
+javaPlatform.allowDependencies()
+
 dependencies {
     constraints {
         project.rootProject.subprojects
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies {
                     }
             }
     }
+    api(platform(Config.Libs.OpenTelemetry.otelInstrumentationBom))
 }
 
 publishing {
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md
index 58b94ba899..89a8e603a3 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Sentry Sample Spring Boot 3.0+
 
-Sample application showing how to use Sentry with [Spring boot](http://spring.io/projects/spring-boot) from version `3.0` onwards.
+Sample application showing how to use Sentry with [Spring boot](http://spring.io/projects/spring-boot) from version `3.0` onwards integrated with the [OpenTelemetry Spring Boot Starter](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/zero-code/java/spring-boot-starter/).
 
 ## How to run? 
 
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts
index dfa17eb952..02ce7a20af 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(projects.sentryLogback)
     implementation(projects.sentryGraphql22)
     implementation(projects.sentryQuartz)
-    implementation(Config.Libs.springBoot3StarterOpenTelemetry)
+    implementation(Config.Libs.springBoot3StarterOpenTelemetryNoversion)
     implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryBootstrap)
     implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryAgentcustomization)
+    implementation(platform(projects.sentryBom))
 
     // database query tracing
     implementation(projects.sentryJdbc)
@@ -69,12 +70,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(Config.Libs.apolloKotlin)
 }
 
-dependencyManagement {
-    imports {
-        mavenBom(Config.Libs.OpenTelemetry.otelInstrumentationBom)
-    }
-}
-
 configure<SourceSetContainer> {
     test {
         java.srcDir("src/test/java")
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 1c21d32049..402538a83a 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -31,4 +31,8 @@ spring.graphql.graphiql.enabled=true
 spring.graphql.websocket.path=/graphql
 spring.quartz.job-store-type=memory
 
+# OTEL configuration
 otel.propagators=tracecontext,baggage,sentry
+otel.logs.exporter=none
+otel.metrics.exporter=none
+otel.traces.exporter=none
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md
index bd8d0af480..e8068dab25 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Sentry Sample Spring Boot
 
-Sample application showing how to use Sentry with [Spring boot](http://spring.io/projects/spring-boot).
+Sample application showing how to use Sentry with [Spring boot](http://spring.io/projects/spring-boot)  integrated with the [OpenTelemetry Spring Boot Starter](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/zero-code/java/spring-boot-starter/).
 
 ## How to run? 
 
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts
index a7a879f0dd..78b3714e89 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(projects.sentryLogback)
     implementation(projects.sentryGraphql)
     implementation(projects.sentryQuartz)
-    implementation(Config.Libs.springBoot3StarterOpenTelemetry)
+    implementation(Config.Libs.springBoot3StarterOpenTelemetryNoversion)
     implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryBootstrap)
     implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryAgentcustomization)
+    implementation(platform(projects.sentryBom))
 
     // database query tracing
     implementation(projects.sentryJdbc)
@@ -70,12 +71,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient")
 }
 
-dependencyManagement {
-    imports {
-        mavenBom(Config.Libs.OpenTelemetry.otelInstrumentationBom)
-    }
-}
-
 configure<SourceSetContainer> {
     test {
         java.srcDir("src/test/java")
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
index c7402eacc2..43d84aeb41 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -23,3 +23,9 @@ spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
 spring.graphql.graphiql.enabled=true
 spring.graphql.websocket.path=/graphql
+
+# OTEL configuration
+otel.propagators=tracecontext,baggage,sentry
+otel.logs.exporter=none
+otel.metrics.exporter=none
+otel.traces.exporter=none