diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 4f5763dcde582..2044053e049f1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Array [
   },
   Object {
     "key": "profiling_inferred_spans_min_duration",
-    "min": "1ms",
+    "min": "0ms",
     "type": "duration",
     "units": Array [
       "ms",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/java_settings.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/java_settings.ts
index bc8f19becf053..49cb0ae9cfa81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/java_settings.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/java_settings.ts
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ export const javaSettings: RawSettingDefinition[] = [
           'The minimum duration of an inferred span. Note that the min duration is also implicitly set by the sampling interval. However, increasing the sampling interval also decreases the accuracy of the duration of inferred spans.'
       }
     ),
-    includeAgents: ['java']
+    includeAgents: ['java'],
+    min: '0ms'
   },
   {
     key: 'profiling_inferred_spans_included_classes',