diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentationTest.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentationTest.java
index c1bf45a01c..e6d0bf528e 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentationTest.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentationTest.java
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ public void checkRedactedExceptionWhenExceptionThrownOnCorretto17() {
         assertThat(BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentation.RedactedException.Exceptions.get(this.getClass().getName())).isNotNull();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void checkNoRedactedExceptionWhenExceptionThrownOnCorretto21() {
+        BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentation.JVM_RUNTIME_INFO = new JvmRuntimeInfo("21.0.1", "OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM", "Amazon.com Inc.", "17.0.5+8-LTS");
+        assertThat(BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentation.JVM_RUNTIME_INFO.isCoretto()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentation.JVM_RUNTIME_INFO.getMajorVersion()).isGreaterThan(16);
+        assertThat(exerciseRedactedException(new Exception("test3"))).isEqualTo(Outcome.FAILURE);
+        assertThat(BaseSyncClientHandlerInstrumentation.RedactedException.Exceptions).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     public Outcome exerciseRedactedException(Exception canBeNull) {
         MockTracer.MockInstrumentationSetup mockInstrumentationSetup = MockTracer.createMockInstrumentationSetup();
         ElasticApmTracer tracer = mockInstrumentationSetup.getTracer();