diff --git a/.cursor/rules/e2e_tests.mdc b/.cursor/rules/e2e_tests.mdc
index 1785e61b5c1..4063c007838 100644
--- a/.cursor/rules/e2e_tests.mdc
+++ b/.cursor/rules/e2e_tests.mdc
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ it. Gradle runs the two in parallel.
   customizes, and that the OpenTelemetry starter instruments, so it adds or replaces trace headers
   on the requests a test sends. Build one outside the context.
 - Sentry exports OpenTelemetry spans in batches every 5 seconds. In-process, flush the tracer
-  provider from the server's hook. With the agent this isn't possible, so each test waits for a
-  batch and negative checks wait at least 6 seconds.
+  provider from the server's hook. With the agent this isn't possible, so set
+  `OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` on the app to shorten the batch delay, and make negative checks wait
+  well past it. The Boot 2 and Boot 3 agent suites don't set it yet: their tests wait 5 seconds
+  for a batch and their negative checks wait 6.
 - Sentry is global, so a second live Spring context in an OpenTelemetry suite takes it over. Keep
   one live context per JVM (`@DirtiesContext` when a test needs its own).
 - The async profiler rejects a traces path with a `.` anywhere in its absolute form. Put the path
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 771b47adf25..9a612c24019 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Support Navigation 3 integration for multi-Activity and multi-Fragment applications, where each Activity or Fragment has its own `SentryNavEffect` ([#6305](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6305))
   - See the [Navigation for Android docs](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/android/integrations/navigation/#supported-setups) for a detailed list of supported vs unsupported app setups.
+- The OpenTelemetry agent now honors `OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` (`otel.bsp.schedule.delay`) for how often it sends spans to Sentry, instead of always waiting 5 seconds ([#6388](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6388))
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentcustomization/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryAutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider.java b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentcustomization/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryAutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider.java
index 5f29f0289a2..e11ae4c72b3 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentcustomization/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryAutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider.java
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentcustomization/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryAutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider.java
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProviderBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessorBuilder;
 import io.sentry.InitPriority;
 import io.sentry.Sentry;
 import io.sentry.SentryOptions;
 import io.sentry.internal.ManifestVersionReader;
 import io.sentry.protocol.SdkVersion;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -106,7 +108,16 @@ private SdkTracerProviderBuilder configureSdkTracerProvider(
     return tracerProvider
         .setSampler(new SentrySampler())
         .addSpanProcessor(new OtelSentrySpanProcessor())
-        .addSpanProcessor(BatchSpanProcessor.builder(new SentrySpanExporter()).build());
+        .addSpanProcessor(createBatchSpanProcessor(config));
+  }
+
+  private BatchSpanProcessor createBatchSpanProcessor(ConfigProperties config) {
+    final BatchSpanProcessorBuilder builder = BatchSpanProcessor.builder(new SentrySpanExporter());
+    final @Nullable Duration scheduleDelay = config.getDuration("otel.bsp.schedule.delay");
+    if (scheduleDelay != null) {
+      builder.setScheduleDelay(scheduleDelay);
+    }
+    return builder.build();
   }
 
   private Map<String, String> getDefaultProperties() {
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/AgentApp.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/AgentApp.kt
index 82961625b3d..d7a7084a74c 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/AgentApp.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/AgentApp.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ object AgentApp {
           "SENTRY_PROFILE_LIFECYCLE" to "TRACE",
           "SENTRY_PROFILING_TRACES_DIR_PATH" to
             "${System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")}/sentry-integration-test/profiling-traces",
+          // Tests wait for Sentry's span batches, which are 5 seconds apart by default.
+          "OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY" to "100ms",
           "OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER" to "none",
           "OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER" to "none",
           "OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER" to "none",
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/DistributedTracingIntegrationTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/DistributedTracingIntegrationTest.kt
index 353e6d62fd8..ad7025146b6 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/DistributedTracingIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-4/src/integrationTestOtelAgent/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot4/otelagentintegrationtest/DistributedTracingIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class DistributedTracingIntegrationTest : IntegrationTest() {
       )
     assertThat(status).isEqualTo(500)
 
-    // Longer than the 5 seconds the app's spans can wait for their batch to be exported.
-    server.assertNoEnvelope(millis = 6_000) { isForRequest(it, id) }
+    // Ten times the app's batch delay, so the request's spans would have been exported.
+    server.assertNoEnvelope(millis = 1_000) { isForRequest(it, id) }
   }
 
   @Test