diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 103651ac21..3362fa74ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - Add rate limit to Metrics ([#3334](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3334))
+- Fix java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping in Spring Boot Servlet mode without WebMVC ([#3336](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3336))
 
 ## 7.7.0
 
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
index 8a55208e21..7893cf7c7c 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.SentryTracingFilter;
 import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.SentryTransactionPointcutConfiguration;
 import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.SpringMvcTransactionNameProvider;
+import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.SpringServletTransactionNameProvider;
 import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.TransactionNameProvider;
 import io.sentry.transport.ITransportGate;
 import io.sentry.transport.apache.ApacheHttpClientTransportFactory;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnWebApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.client.RestClientAutoConfiguration;
@@ -267,12 +269,6 @@ static class SentrySecurityConfiguration {
         return new SentryRequestResolver(hub);
       }
 
-      @Bean
-      @ConditionalOnMissingBean(TransactionNameProvider.class)
-      public @NotNull TransactionNameProvider transactionNameProvider() {
-        return new SpringMvcTransactionNameProvider();
-      }
-
       @Bean
       @ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "sentrySpringFilter")
       public @NotNull FilterRegistrationBean<SentrySpringFilter> sentrySpringFilter(
@@ -296,11 +292,10 @@ public FilterRegistrationBean<SentryTracingFilter> sentryTracingFilter(
         return filter;
       }
 
-      /** Wraps exception resolver @Bean because the return type is loaded too early otherwise */
       @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
       @ConditionalOnClass(HandlerExceptionResolver.class)
       @Open
-      static class SentryExceptionResolverConfigurationWrapper {
+      static class SentryMvcModeConfig {
 
         @Bean
         @ConditionalOnMissingBean
@@ -311,6 +306,24 @@ static class SentryExceptionResolverConfigurationWrapper {
           return new SentryExceptionResolver(
               sentryHub, transactionNameProvider, options.getExceptionResolverOrder());
         }
+
+        @Bean
+        @ConditionalOnMissingBean(TransactionNameProvider.class)
+        public @NotNull TransactionNameProvider transactionNameProvider() {
+          return new SpringMvcTransactionNameProvider();
+        }
+      }
+
+      @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+      @ConditionalOnMissingClass("org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver")
+      @Open
+      static class SentryServletModeConfig {
+
+        @Bean
+        @ConditionalOnMissingBean(TransactionNameProvider.class)
+        public @NotNull TransactionNameProvider transactionNameProvider() {
+          return new SpringServletTransactionNameProvider();
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
index f99a8b7b5a..3d4b16d419 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-jakarta/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/jakarta/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.SentryUserFilter
 import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.SentryUserProvider
 import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.SpringSecuritySentryUserProvider
 import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.SentryTracingFilter
+import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.SpringServletTransactionNameProvider
+import io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing.TransactionNameProvider
 import io.sentry.transport.ITransport
 import io.sentry.transport.ITransportGate
 import io.sentry.transport.apache.ApacheHttpClientTransportFactory
@@ -445,6 +447,15 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `when Spring MVC is not on the classpath, fallback TransactionNameProvider is configured`() {
+        contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.send-default-pii=true")
+            .withClassLoader(FilteredClassLoader(HandlerExceptionResolver::class.java))
+            .run {
+                assertThat(it.getBean(TransactionNameProvider::class.java)).isInstanceOf(SpringServletTransactionNameProvider::class.java)
+            }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `when tracing is enabled, creates tracing filter`() {
         contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.traces-sample-rate=1.0")
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java b/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
index ac2fd57e98..1c66a98c50 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import io.sentry.spring.tracing.SentryTracingFilter;
 import io.sentry.spring.tracing.SentryTransactionPointcutConfiguration;
 import io.sentry.spring.tracing.SpringMvcTransactionNameProvider;
+import io.sentry.spring.tracing.SpringServletTransactionNameProvider;
 import io.sentry.spring.tracing.TransactionNameProvider;
 import io.sentry.transport.ITransportGate;
 import io.sentry.transport.apache.ApacheHttpClientTransportFactory;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnWebApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.client.RestTemplateAutoConfiguration;
@@ -265,12 +267,6 @@ static class SentrySecurityConfiguration {
         return new SentryRequestResolver(hub);
       }
 
-      @Bean
-      @ConditionalOnMissingBean(TransactionNameProvider.class)
-      public @NotNull TransactionNameProvider transactionNameProvider() {
-        return new SpringMvcTransactionNameProvider();
-      }
-
       @Bean
       @ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "sentrySpringFilter")
       public @NotNull FilterRegistrationBean<SentrySpringFilter> sentrySpringFilter(
@@ -294,11 +290,10 @@ public FilterRegistrationBean<SentryTracingFilter> sentryTracingFilter(
         return filter;
       }
 
-      /** Wraps exception resolver @Bean because the return type is loaded too early otherwise */
       @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
       @ConditionalOnClass(HandlerExceptionResolver.class)
       @Open
-      static class SentryExceptionResolverConfigurationWrapper {
+      static class SentryMvcModeConfig {
 
         @Bean
         @ConditionalOnMissingBean
@@ -309,6 +304,24 @@ static class SentryExceptionResolverConfigurationWrapper {
           return new SentryExceptionResolver(
               sentryHub, transactionNameProvider, options.getExceptionResolverOrder());
         }
+
+        @Bean
+        @ConditionalOnMissingBean(TransactionNameProvider.class)
+        public @NotNull TransactionNameProvider transactionNameProvider() {
+          return new SpringMvcTransactionNameProvider();
+        }
+      }
+
+      @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+      @ConditionalOnMissingClass("org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver")
+      @Open
+      static class SentryServletModeConfig {
+
+        @Bean
+        @ConditionalOnMissingBean(TransactionNameProvider.class)
+        public @NotNull TransactionNameProvider transactionNameProvider() {
+          return new SpringServletTransactionNameProvider();
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
index f3f3d0cf1a..86785f409b 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryAutoConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import io.sentry.spring.SentryUserFilter
 import io.sentry.spring.SentryUserProvider
 import io.sentry.spring.SpringSecuritySentryUserProvider
 import io.sentry.spring.tracing.SentryTracingFilter
+import io.sentry.spring.tracing.SpringServletTransactionNameProvider
+import io.sentry.spring.tracing.TransactionNameProvider
 import io.sentry.transport.ITransport
 import io.sentry.transport.ITransportGate
 import io.sentry.transport.apache.ApacheHttpClientTransportFactory
@@ -444,6 +446,17 @@ class SentryAutoConfigurationTest {
             }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `when Spring MVC is not on the classpath, fallback TransactionNameProvider is configured`() {
+        contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.send-default-pii=true")
+            .withClassLoader(FilteredClassLoader(HandlerExceptionResolver::class.java))
+            .run {
+                assertThat(it.getBean(TransactionNameProvider::class.java)).isInstanceOf(
+                    SpringServletTransactionNameProvider::class.java
+                )
+            }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `when tracing is enabled, creates tracing filter`() {
         contextRunner.withPropertyValues("sentry.dsn=http://key@localhost/proj", "sentry.traces-sample-rate=1.0")
diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api b/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api
index cebbd26b4f..543f14823b 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/api/sentry-spring-jakarta.api
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ public final class io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SpringMvcTransactionNameProv
 	public fun provideTransactionSource ()Lio/sentry/protocol/TransactionNameSource;
 }
 
+public final class io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider : io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/TransactionNameProvider {
+	public fun <init> ()V
+	public fun provideTransactionName (Ljakarta/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;)Ljava/lang/String;
+	public fun provideTransactionSource ()Lio/sentry/protocol/TransactionNameSource;
+}
+
 public abstract interface class io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/TransactionNameProvider {
 	public abstract fun provideTransactionName (Ljakarta/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun provideTransactionSource ()Lio/sentry/protocol/TransactionNameSource;
diff --git a/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider.java b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0beda65a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-spring-jakarta/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/jakarta/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.sentry.spring.jakarta.tracing;
+
+import io.sentry.protocol.TransactionNameSource;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+/** Fallback TransactionNameProvider when Spring is used in servlet mode (without MVC). */
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+public final class SpringServletTransactionNameProvider implements TransactionNameProvider {
+  @Override
+  public @Nullable String provideTransactionName(final @NotNull HttpServletRequest request) {
+    return request.getMethod() + " " + request.getRequestURI();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  public @NotNull TransactionNameSource provideTransactionSource() {
+    return TransactionNameSource.URL;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sentry-spring/api/sentry-spring.api b/sentry-spring/api/sentry-spring.api
index 9ef6b5bb3a..f0d792724d 100644
--- a/sentry-spring/api/sentry-spring.api
+++ b/sentry-spring/api/sentry-spring.api
@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ public final class io/sentry/spring/tracing/SpringMvcTransactionNameProvider : i
 	public fun provideTransactionSource ()Lio/sentry/protocol/TransactionNameSource;
 }
 
+public final class io/sentry/spring/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider : io/sentry/spring/tracing/TransactionNameProvider {
+	public fun <init> ()V
+	public fun provideTransactionName (Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;)Ljava/lang/String;
+	public fun provideTransactionSource ()Lio/sentry/protocol/TransactionNameSource;
+}
+
 public abstract interface class io/sentry/spring/tracing/TransactionNameProvider {
 	public abstract fun provideTransactionName (Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun provideTransactionSource ()Lio/sentry/protocol/TransactionNameSource;
diff --git a/sentry-spring/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider.java b/sentry-spring/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e8118e632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-spring/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/tracing/SpringServletTransactionNameProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.sentry.spring.tracing;
+
+import io.sentry.protocol.TransactionNameSource;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+/** Fallback TransactionNameProvider when Spring is used in servlet mode (without MVC). */
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+public final class SpringServletTransactionNameProvider implements TransactionNameProvider {
+  @Override
+  public @Nullable String provideTransactionName(final @NotNull HttpServletRequest request) {
+    return request.getMethod() + " " + request.getRequestURI();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  public @NotNull TransactionNameSource provideTransactionSource() {
+    return TransactionNameSource.URL;
+  }
+}