diff --git a/instrumentation/jdbc/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jdbc/JdbcIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java b/instrumentation/jdbc/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/jdbc/JdbcIgnoredTypesConfigurer.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.jdbc;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.config.Config;
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.ignore.IgnoredTypesBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.ignore.IgnoredTypesConfigurer;
+
+@AutoService(IgnoredTypesConfigurer.class)
+public class JdbcIgnoredTypesConfigurer implements IgnoredTypesConfigurer {
+
+  @Override
+  public void configure(Config config, IgnoredTypesBuilder builder) {
+    // see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues/5946
+    builder.ignoreClass("org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.");
+  }
+}