diff --git a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsSecurityManagerTest.java b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsSecurityManagerTest.java
index eb2bd9199e3..351e952f827 100644
--- a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsSecurityManagerTest.java
+++ b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsSecurityManagerTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 public class JcToolsSecurityManagerTest {
 
   @Test
+  // System.setSecurityManager throws UnsupportedOperationException in Java 18+
   @EnabledOnJre({JRE.JAVA_8, JRE.JAVA_11, JRE.JAVA_17})
   @SuppressLogger(JcTools.class)
   void newFixedSizeQueue_SunMiscProhibited() {
diff --git a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManagerTest.java b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManagerTest.java
index e49aa0ca8a8..205f2385fc1 100644
--- a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManagerTest.java
+++ b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManagerTest.java
@@ -8,15 +8,22 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnJre;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE;
 
+// Security manager removed in Java 24
+@EnabledOnJre({JRE.JAVA_8, JRE.JAVA_11, JRE.JAVA_17, JRE.JAVA_21})
 class SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManagerTest {
 
   @Test
   public void checkPackageAccess_ProhibitsSunMisc() {
     SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager sm = new SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager();
     assertThatThrownBy(() -> sm.checkPackageAccess("sun.misc"))
-        .isInstanceOf(SecurityException.class);
+        .isInstanceOf(AccessControlException.class)
+        .hasMessage(
+            "access denied (\"java.lang.RuntimePermission\" \"accessClassInPackage.sun.misc\")");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -25,7 +32,9 @@ public void checkPackageAccess_ProhibitsSunMiscRuntimePermission() {
 
     assertThatThrownBy(
             () -> sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("accessClassInPackage.sun.misc")))
-        .isInstanceOf(SecurityException.class);
+        .isInstanceOf(AccessControlException.class)
+        .hasMessage(
+            "access denied (\"java.lang.RuntimePermission\" \"accessClassInPackage.sun.misc\")");
   }
 
   @Test