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 86914467a6..0156bec277 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
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(projects.sentryAsyncProfiler)
   implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryAgentlessSpring)
 
+  // kafka
+  implementation(libs.spring.kafka3)
+
   // cache tracing
   implementation(libs.springboot3.starter.cache)
   implementation(libs.caffeine)
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaConsumer.java b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaConsumer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8287d9a05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaConsumer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.sentry.samples.spring.boot.jakarta;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@Profile("kafka")
+public class KafkaConsumer {
+
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KafkaConsumer.class);
+
+  @KafkaListener(topics = "sentry-topic", groupId = "sentry-sample-group")
+  public void listen(String message) {
+    logger.info("Received message: {}", message);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaController.java b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b65236c919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package io.sentry.samples.spring.boot.jakarta;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+@Profile("kafka")
+@RequestMapping("/kafka")
+public class KafkaController {
+
+  private final KafkaTemplate<String, String> kafkaTemplate;
+
+  public KafkaController(KafkaTemplate<String, String> kafkaTemplate) {
+    this.kafkaTemplate = kafkaTemplate;
+  }
+
+  @GetMapping("/produce")
+  String produce(@RequestParam(defaultValue = "hello from sentry!") String message) {
+    kafkaTemplate.send("sentry-topic", message);
+    return "Message sent: " + message;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe79e3faca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Kafka — activate with: --spring.profiles.active=kafka
+sentry.enable-queue-tracing=true
+
+spring.autoconfigure.exclude=
+spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers=localhost:9092
+spring.kafka.consumer.group-id=sentry-sample-group
+spring.kafka.consumer.auto-offset-reset=earliest
+spring.kafka.consumer.key-deserializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+spring.kafka.consumer.value-deserializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+spring.kafka.producer.key-serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+spring.kafka.producer.value-serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+
+logging.level.org.apache.kafka=warn
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 a3a59d290b..ff8897ad68 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
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ spring.graphql.graphiql.enabled=true
 spring.graphql.websocket.path=/graphql
 spring.quartz.job-store-type=memory
 
+# Kafka is only active with the 'kafka' profile (--spring.profiles.active=kafka)
+spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaAutoConfiguration
+
 # Cache tracing
 sentry.enable-cache-tracing=true
 spring.cache.cache-names=todos
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts
index 37d7a94eec..4bf7d5e5f6 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.otel)
   implementation(projects.sentryAsyncProfiler)
 
+  // kafka
+  implementation(libs.spring.kafka3)
+
   // cache tracing
   implementation(libs.springboot3.starter.cache)
   implementation(libs.caffeine)
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaConsumer.java b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaConsumer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8287d9a05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaConsumer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.sentry.samples.spring.boot.jakarta;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@Profile("kafka")
+public class KafkaConsumer {
+
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KafkaConsumer.class);
+
+  @KafkaListener(topics = "sentry-topic", groupId = "sentry-sample-group")
+  public void listen(String message) {
+    logger.info("Received message: {}", message);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaController.java b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b65236c919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/spring/boot/jakarta/KafkaController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package io.sentry.samples.spring.boot.jakarta;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+@Profile("kafka")
+@RequestMapping("/kafka")
+public class KafkaController {
+
+  private final KafkaTemplate<String, String> kafkaTemplate;
+
+  public KafkaController(KafkaTemplate<String, String> kafkaTemplate) {
+    this.kafkaTemplate = kafkaTemplate;
+  }
+
+  @GetMapping("/produce")
+  String produce(@RequestParam(defaultValue = "hello from sentry!") String message) {
+    kafkaTemplate.send("sentry-topic", message);
+    return "Message sent: " + message;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe79e3faca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application-kafka.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Kafka — activate with: --spring.profiles.active=kafka
+sentry.enable-queue-tracing=true
+
+spring.autoconfigure.exclude=
+spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers=localhost:9092
+spring.kafka.consumer.group-id=sentry-sample-group
+spring.kafka.consumer.auto-offset-reset=earliest
+spring.kafka.consumer.key-deserializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+spring.kafka.consumer.value-deserializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+spring.kafka.producer.key-serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+spring.kafka.producer.value-serializer=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+
+logging.level.org.apache.kafka=warn
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 12a9ca1726..d19e874624 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ spring.graphql.graphiql.enabled=true
 spring.graphql.websocket.path=/graphql
 spring.quartz.job-store-type=memory
 
+# Kafka is only active with the 'kafka' profile (--spring.profiles.active=kafka)
+spring.autoconfigure.exclude=org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaAutoConfiguration
+
 # Cache tracing
 sentry.enable-cache-tracing=true
 spring.cache.cache-names=todos