diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/EntityManagerTest.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/EntityManagerTest.java
index e964af69647c..d3bad8bdb849 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/EntityManagerTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-4.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v4_0/EntityManagerTest.java
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes.DB_STATEMENT;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes.DB_SYSTEM;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes.DB_USER;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Named.named;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.StatusData;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@
 import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 import javax.persistence.EntityTransaction;
 import javax.persistence.LockModeType;
+import javax.persistence.NoResultException;
 import javax.persistence.Persistence;
 import javax.persistence.Query;
 import org.hibernate.Version;
@@ -324,6 +329,29 @@ void testAttachesStateToQuery(Function<EntityManager, Query> queryBuildMethod) {
                                     .get(stringKey("hibernate.session_id"))))));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testNoResultExceptionIgnored() {
+    EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
+    Query query = entityManager.createQuery("from Value where id = :id");
+    query.setParameter("id", 1000L);
+    assertThatThrownBy(query::getSingleResult).isInstanceOf(NoResultException.class);
+    entityManager.close();
+
+    testing.waitAndAssertTraces(
+        trace ->
+            trace.hasSpansSatisfyingExactly(
+                span ->
+                    span.hasName("SELECT Value")
+                        .hasKind(SpanKind.INTERNAL)
+                        .hasNoParent()
+                        .hasStatus(StatusData.unset())
+                        .hasEvents(emptyList()),
+                span ->
+                    span.hasName("SELECT db1.Value")
+                        .hasKind(SpanKind.CLIENT)
+                        .hasParent(trace.getSpan(0))));
+  }
+
   private static Stream<Arguments> provideArgumentsAttachesState() {
     return Stream.of(
         Arguments.of(
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/QueryInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/QueryInstrumentation.java
index 56ebecb8a2af..fa8dc951228e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/QueryInstrumentation.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/QueryInstrumentation.java
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ public void transform(TypeTransformer transformer) {
     transformer.applyAdviceToMethod(
         isMethod()
             .and(
+                // not instrumenting getSingleResult as it calls list that is instrumented and
+                // we don't want to record the NoResultException that it throws
                 namedOneOf(
                     "list",
                     "getResultList",
                     "stream",
                     "getResultStream",
                     "uniqueResult",
-                    "getSingleResult",
                     "getSingleResultOrNull",
                     "uniqueResultOptional",
                     "executeUpdate",
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/AbstractHibernateTest.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/AbstractHibernateTest.java
index 3d7e1c677cff..d297fa697412 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/AbstractHibernateTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/AbstractHibernateTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ protected static void setup() {
     // Pre-populate the DB, so delete/update can be tested.
     Session writer = sessionFactory.openSession();
     writer.beginTransaction();
-    prepopulated = new ArrayList<Value>();
+    prepopulated = new ArrayList<>();
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
       prepopulated.add(new Value("Hello :) " + i));
       writer.persist(prepopulated.get(i));
diff --git a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/EntityManagerTest.java b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/EntityManagerTest.java
index 93aff1f3184e..126580bab30b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/EntityManagerTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/hibernate/hibernate-6.0/javaagent/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/hibernate/v6_0/EntityManagerTest.java
@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes.DB_STATEMENT;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes.DB_SYSTEM;
 import static io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes.DB_USER;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Named.named;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.SpanDataAssert;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.SpanData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.StatusData;
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityTransaction;
 import jakarta.persistence.LockModeType;
+import jakarta.persistence.NoResultException;
 import jakarta.persistence.Persistence;
 import jakarta.persistence.Query;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
@@ -166,6 +171,29 @@ void testAttachesStateToQuery(Parameter parameter) {
                             .get(AttributeKey.stringKey("hibernate.session_id")))));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testNoResultExceptionIgnored() {
+    EntityManager entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
+    Query query = entityManager.createQuery("from Value where id = :id");
+    query.setParameter("id", 1000);
+    assertThatThrownBy(query::getSingleResult).isInstanceOf(NoResultException.class);
+    entityManager.close();
+
+    testing.waitAndAssertTraces(
+        trace ->
+            trace.hasSpansSatisfyingExactly(
+                span ->
+                    span.hasName("SELECT " + Value.class.getName())
+                        .hasKind(SpanKind.INTERNAL)
+                        .hasNoParent()
+                        .hasStatus(StatusData.unset())
+                        .hasEvents(emptyList()),
+                span ->
+                    span.hasName("SELECT db1.Value")
+                        .hasKind(SpanKind.CLIENT)
+                        .hasParent(trace.getSpan(0))));
+  }
+
   private static Stream<Arguments> provideHibernateActionParameters() {
     List<BiConsumer<EntityManager, Value>> sessionMethodTests =
         Arrays.asList(