diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 765ef6907b0..03aeda4a4ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
   - `opentelemetry-semconv` to `1.34.0`
   - We are now configuring OpenTelemetry to still behave the same way it did before for span names it generates in GraphQL auto instrumentation ([#4537](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4537))
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Use Spring Boot Starter 3 in `sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta` ([#4545](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/4545))
+  - While refactoring our dependency management, we accidentally added Spring Boot 2 and Spring Boot Starter 2 as dependencies of `sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta`, which is intended for Spring Boot 3.
+  - Now, the correct dependencies (Spring Boot 3 and Spring Boot Starter 3) are being added.
+
 ## 8.16.1-alpha.2
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta/build.gradle.kts
index 899b70765e0..e671425de3c 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
   jacoco
   alias(libs.plugins.errorprone)
   alias(libs.plugins.gradle.versions)
-  alias(libs.plugins.springboot2) apply false
+  alias(libs.plugins.springboot3) apply false
 }
 
 configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
 
 dependencies {
   api(projects.sentrySpringBootJakarta)
-  api(libs.springboot.starter)
+  api(libs.springboot3.starter)
 
   annotationProcessor(platform(SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
   annotationProcessor(Config.AnnotationProcessors.springBootAutoConfigure)