diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea85cec..9324067 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres
 to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.16.0] - 2024-02-14
+
+### Changed
+
+* Ignore explain plan queries, which are generated by tw-reliable-jdbc, as they do not really access the tables and JSQLParser fails to parse them
+
+
 ## [2.15.0] - 2024-01-25
 
 * Upgrading libraries, mainly the JSqlParser, to support more queries out of the box.
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6efb360..8a42493 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=2.15.0
+version=2.16.0
diff --git a/tw-entrypoints/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/DefaultTasQueryParsingInterceptor.java b/tw-entrypoints/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/DefaultTasQueryParsingInterceptor.java
index a17b3a1..450e8a5 100644
--- a/tw-entrypoints/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/DefaultTasQueryParsingInterceptor.java
+++ b/tw-entrypoints/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/DefaultTasQueryParsingInterceptor.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 public class DefaultTasQueryParsingInterceptor implements TasQueryParsingInterceptor {
 
-  private static Pattern PG_SET_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(?is)SET\\s+[a-z_]*\\s+TO\\s+.*");
+  private static final Pattern PG_SET_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(?is)SET\\s+[a-z_]*\\s+TO\\s+.*|EXPLAIN\\s+.*");
 
   @Override
   public InterceptResult intercept(String sql) {
diff --git a/tw-entrypoints/src/test/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/SqlParserUtilsTest.java b/tw-entrypoints/src/test/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/SqlParserUtilsTest.java
index 0e7de72..92b0aef 100644
--- a/tw-entrypoints/src/test/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/SqlParserUtilsTest.java
+++ b/tw-entrypoints/src/test/java/com/transferwise/common/entrypoints/tableaccessstatistics/SqlParserUtilsTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ void testJSqlParser() {
     testCases.add(new TestCase("set idle_in_transaction_session_timeout to '600000'",
         List.of()));
 
+    testCases.add(new TestCase("EXPLAIN FORMAT=JSON select * from fx.request where id = 1",
+        List.of()));
+    testCases.add(new TestCase("explain FORMAT=JSON select * from fx.request where id = 1",
+        List.of()));
+    testCases.add(new TestCase("EXPLAIN (FORMAT JSON) select * from fx.request where id = 1",
+        List.of()));
+    testCases.add(new TestCase("explain (FORMAT JSON) select * from fx.request where id = 1",
+        List.of()));
+
     testCases.add(new TestCase("insert into fin_unique_tw_task_key(task_id,key_hash,key) values(?, ?, ?) on conflict (key_hash, key) do nothing",
         List.of("fin_unique_tw_task_key")));