diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ConnectionDetailsRegistrar.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ConnectionDetailsRegistrar.java
index 90c0580926..318ef6a5f9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ConnectionDetailsRegistrar.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ConnectionDetailsRegistrar.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.aot.BeanRegistrationExcludeFilter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RegisteredBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.service.connection.ConnectionDetails;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.service.connection.ConnectionDetailsFactories;
@@ -102,7 +104,9 @@ class ConnectionDetailsRegistrar {
 		Class<T> beanType = (Class<T>) connectionDetails.getClass();
 		Supplier<T> beanSupplier = () -> (T) connectionDetails;
 		logger.debug(LogMessage.of(() -> "Registering '%s' for %s".formatted(beanName, source)));
-		registry.registerBeanDefinition(beanName, new RootBeanDefinition(beanType, beanSupplier));
+		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(beanType, beanSupplier);
+		beanDefinition.setAttribute(ServiceConnection.class.getName(), true);
+		registry.registerBeanDefinition(beanName, beanDefinition);
 	}
 
 	private String getBeanName(ContainerConnectionSource<?> source, ConnectionDetails connectionDetails) {
@@ -113,4 +117,13 @@ class ConnectionDetailsRegistrar {
 		return StringUtils.uncapitalize(parts.stream().map(StringUtils::capitalize).collect(Collectors.joining()));
 	}
 
+	class ServiceConnectionBeanRegistrationExcludeFilter implements BeanRegistrationExcludeFilter {
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean isExcludedFromAotProcessing(RegisteredBean registeredBean) {
+			return registeredBean.getMergedBeanDefinition().getAttribute(ServiceConnection.class.getName()) != null;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52cbdbe6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+org.springframework.beans.factory.aot.BeanRegistrationExcludeFilter=\
+org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.service.connection.ConnectionDetailsRegistrar.ServiceConnectionBeanRegistrationExcludeFilter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ServiceConnectionAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ServiceConnectionAutoConfigurationTests.java
index a55163bd1e..6e7fefc653 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ServiceConnectionAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-testcontainers/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testcontainers/service/connection/ServiceConnectionAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
+import org.springframework.aot.test.generate.TestGenerationContext;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanNameGenerator;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
@@ -36,11 +37,13 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar;
+import org.springframework.context.aot.ApplicationContextAotGenerator;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 /**
@@ -101,6 +104,17 @@ class ServiceConnectionAutoConfigurationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void serviceConnectionBeansDoNotCauseAotProcessingToFail() {
+		try (AnnotationConfigApplicationContext applicationContext = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext()) {
+			applicationContext.register(WithNoExtraAutoConfiguration.class, ContainerConfiguration.class);
+			new TestcontainersLifecycleApplicationContextInitializer().initialize(applicationContext);
+			TestGenerationContext generationContext = new TestGenerationContext();
+			assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(() -> new ApplicationContextAotGenerator()
+				.processAheadOfTime(applicationContext, generationContext));
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	@ImportAutoConfiguration(ServiceConnectionAutoConfiguration.class)
 	static class WithNoExtraAutoConfiguration {