diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
index eede37e60510..4f1a932d59aa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly(project(":instrumentation-annotations"))
 
   compileOnly(project(":instrumentation:resources:library"))
+  compileOnly(project(":instrumentation:spring:spring-boot-resources:library"))
   annotationProcessor("com.google.auto.service:auto-service")
   compileOnly("com.google.auto.service:auto-service-annotations")
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-testing")
   testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:resources:library"))
+  testImplementation(project(":instrumentation:spring:spring-boot-resources:library"))
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-annotations")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators")
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/resources/OtelResourceAutoConfiguration.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/resources/OtelResourceAutoConfiguration.java
index 41aab9620db8..5e21b8d8fb0b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/resources/OtelResourceAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/resources/OtelResourceAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.resources.ProcessRuntimeResource;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.resources.ProcessRuntimeResourceProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.autoconfigure.OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.resources.SpringBootServiceNameDetector;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.spring.resources.SpringBootServiceVersionDetector;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.internal.EnvironmentResourceProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ResourceProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
@@ -46,6 +48,18 @@ public ResourceProvider otelDistroVersionResourceProvider() {
     return new DistroVersionResourceProvider();
   }
 
+  @Bean
+  @ConditionalOnClass(SpringBootServiceNameDetector.class)
+  public ResourceProvider otelSpringBootServiceNameResourceProvider() {
+    return new SpringBootServiceNameDetector();
+  }
+
+  @Bean
+  @ConditionalOnClass(SpringBootServiceVersionDetector.class)
+  public ResourceProvider otelSpringBootServiceVersionResourceProvider() {
+    return new SpringBootServiceVersionDetector();
+  }
+
   @Bean
   @ConditionalOnClass(OsResource.class)
   public ResourceProvider otelOsResourceProvider() {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java
index b0a598846abe..02eb3897ba3c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/resources/SpringBootServiceNameDetector.java
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
  *   <li>Check for --spring.application.name program argument (not jvm arg) via ProcessHandle
  *   <li>Check for --spring.application.name program argument via sun.java.command system property
  * </ul>
+ *
+ * <p>Note: should not be used inside a spring application, where the spring.application.name is
+ * already available.
  */
 @AutoService(ResourceProvider.class)
 public class SpringBootServiceNameDetector implements ConditionalResourceProvider {
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-boot-starter/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-boot-starter/build.gradle.kts
index 268247262975..a58d397eb60a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-boot-starter/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/starters/spring-boot-starter/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies {
   api("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop:$springBootVersion")
   api(project(":instrumentation:spring:spring-boot-autoconfigure"))
   implementation(project(":instrumentation:resources:library"))
+  implementation(project(":instrumentation:spring:spring-boot-resources:library"))
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi")
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api")
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-logging")