diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes.java
index d6ba172e0dcc..3ee1d34d6452 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
- * OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes retrieves information from the
+ * {@link OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes} retrieves information from the
  * {@code OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES} and {@code OTEL_SERVICE_NAME} environment variables
  * and merges it with the resource attributes provided by the user.
  * <p>
@@ -70,14 +70,16 @@ public OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes(Map<String, String> resourceAttributes) {
 	 * If a key exists in both environment variables and user-defined resources, the value
 	 * from the user-defined resource takes precedence, even if it is empty.
 	 * <p>
-	 * <b>Null keys and values are ignored.</b>
+	 * <b>Keys that are null or empty will be ignored, and all keys will be trimmed.</b>
+	 * <p>
+	 * <b>Values that are null will be ignored, and all values will be trimmed.</b>
 	 * @return the resource attributes
 	 */
 	public Map<String, String> asMap() {
 		Map<String, String> attributes = getResourceAttributesFromEnv();
 		this.resourceAttributes.forEach((name, value) -> {
-			if (name != null && value != null) {
-				attributes.put(name, value);
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(name) && value != null) {
+				attributes.put(name.trim(), value.trim());
 			}
 		});
 		return attributes;
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ private Map<String, String> getResourceAttributesFromEnv() {
 		}
 		String otelServiceName = getEnv("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME");
 		if (otelServiceName != null) {
-			attributes.put("service.name", otelServiceName);
+			attributes.put("service.name", otelServiceName.trim());
 		}
 		return attributes;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributesTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributesTests.java
index 799ea7bc2605..976d4dabc8d5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryResourceAttributesTests.java
@@ -48,14 +48,13 @@ class OpenTelemetryResourceAttributesTests {
 	@BeforeAll
 	static void beforeAll() {
 		long seed = new Random().nextLong();
-		System.out.println("Seed: " + seed);
 		random = new Random(seed);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void otelServiceNameShouldTakePrecedenceOverOtelResourceAttributes() {
 		this.environmentVariables.put("OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES", "service.name=ignored");
-		this.environmentVariables.put("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", "otel-service");
+		this.environmentVariables.put("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", " otel-service ");
 		OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes attributes = getAttributes();
 		assertThat(attributes.asMap()).hasSize(1).containsEntry("service.name", "otel-service");
 	}
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ void otelResourceAttributesShouldBeUsed() {
 	@Test
 	void resourceAttributesShouldBeMergedWithEnvironmentVariables() {
 		this.resourceAttributes.put("service.group", "custom-group");
-		this.resourceAttributes.put("key2", "");
+		this.resourceAttributes.put(" key2 ", " ");
 		this.environmentVariables.put("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", "custom-service");
 		this.environmentVariables.put("OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES", "key1=value1,key2=value2");
 		OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes attributes = getAttributes();
@@ -97,10 +96,11 @@ void resourceAttributesShouldBeMergedWithEnvironmentVariables() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void resourceAttributesWithNullKeyOrValueShouldBeIgnored() {
+	void resourceAttributesWithBlankKeyOrValueShouldBeIgnored() {
 		this.resourceAttributes.put("service.group", null);
 		this.resourceAttributes.put("service.name", null);
-		this.resourceAttributes.put(null, "value");
+		this.resourceAttributes.put(null, "null-key");
+		this.resourceAttributes.put("  ", "blank-key");
 		this.environmentVariables.put("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", "custom-service");
 		this.environmentVariables.put("OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES", "key1=value1,key2=value2");
 		OpenTelemetryResourceAttributes attributes = getAttributes();