diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryProblemType.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryProblemType.java
index 448231310..3e1211c08 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryProblemType.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryProblemType.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 package org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.data.jpa.queries;
 
 import static org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.reconcile.ProblemSeverity.ERROR;
+import static org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.reconcile.ProblemSeverity.IGNORE;
 
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.common.SpringProblemCategories;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.reconcile.ProblemCategory;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public enum QueryProblemType implements ProblemType {
 	
 	JPQL_SYNTAX(ERROR, "Syntax", "JPQL Query Syntax"),
 	HQL_SYNTAX(ERROR, "Syntax", "HQL Query Syntax"),
-	SQL_SYNTAX(ERROR, "Syntax", "SQL Query Syntax");
+	SQL_SYNTAX(IGNORE, "Syntax", "SQL Query Syntax");
 
 	private final ProblemSeverity defaultSeverity;
 	private String description;
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryReconcilerTest.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryReconcilerTest.java
index 7771975a4..061cf0cfa 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryReconcilerTest.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/data/jpa/queries/QueryReconcilerTest.java
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.bootiful.BootLanguageServerTest;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.bootiful.SymbolProviderTestConf;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.java.JavaProjectFinder;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.util.Settings;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.LanguageId;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.languageserver.testharness.Editor;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.project.harness.BootLanguageServerHarness;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.project.harness.ProjectsHarness;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
 
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @BootLanguageServerTest
 @Import(SymbolProviderTestConf.class)
@@ -50,6 +54,21 @@ public class QueryReconcilerTest {
 		// trigger project creation
 		projectFinder.find(new TextDocumentIdentifier(projectDir)).get();
 
+		String changedSettings = """
+		{
+			"spring-boot": {
+				"ls": {
+					"problem": {
+						"data-query": {
+							"SQL_SYNTAX": "ERROR"
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}	
+		""";
+		JsonElement settingsAsJson = new Gson().fromJson(changedSettings, JsonElement.class);
+		harness.changeConfiguration(new Settings(settingsAsJson));
 	}
 
 	@Test