diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/actuator/SpringBootActuatorInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/actuator/SpringBootActuatorInstrumentationModule.java
index d49def3beab0..1aa98998b3de 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/actuator/SpringBootActuatorInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/spring/actuator/SpringBootActuatorInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.spring.actuator;
 
+import static io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.matcher.AgentElementMatchers.hasClassesNamed;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 
 import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.instrumentation.InstrumentationModule;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.instrumentation.TypeInstrumentation;
 import java.util.List;
+import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
 
 @AutoService(InstrumentationModule.class)
 public class SpringBootActuatorInstrumentationModule extends InstrumentationModule {
@@ -20,6 +22,12 @@ public SpringBootActuatorInstrumentationModule() {
     super("spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure", "spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure-2.0");
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ElementMatcher.Junction<ClassLoader> classLoaderMatcher() {
+    // added in micrometer-core 1.5
+    return hasClassesNamed("io.micrometer.core.instrument.config.validate.Validated");
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void registerHelperResources(HelperResourceBuilder helperResourceBuilder) {
     // autoconfigure classes are loaded as resources using ClassPathResource