diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java
index ef1d9b285ee..bd8e0b9b53c 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java
@@ -80,43 +80,43 @@ public class SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator extends AbstractFallbackSQLException
 
 		if (sqlEx instanceof SQLTransientException) {
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLTransientConnectionException) {
-				return new TransientDataAccessResourceException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new TransientDataAccessResourceException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLTransactionRollbackException) {
 				if (SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.indicatesCannotAcquireLock(sqlEx.getSQLState())) {
-					return new CannotAcquireLockException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+					return new CannotAcquireLockException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 				}
-				return new PessimisticLockingFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new PessimisticLockingFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLTimeoutException) {
-				return new QueryTimeoutException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new QueryTimeoutException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 		}
 		else if (sqlEx instanceof SQLNonTransientException) {
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLNonTransientConnectionException) {
-				return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLDataException) {
-				return new DataIntegrityViolationException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new DataIntegrityViolationException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLIntegrityConstraintViolationException) {
 				if (SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.indicatesDuplicateKey(sqlEx.getSQLState(), sqlEx.getErrorCode())) {
-					return new DuplicateKeyException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+					return new DuplicateKeyException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 				}
-				return new DataIntegrityViolationException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new DataIntegrityViolationException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLInvalidAuthorizationSpecException) {
-				return new PermissionDeniedDataAccessException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new PermissionDeniedDataAccessException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLSyntaxErrorException) {
-				return new BadSqlGrammarException(task, (sql != null ? sql : ""), sqlEx);
+				return new BadSqlGrammarException(task, (sql != null ? sql : ""), ex);
 			}
 			if (sqlEx instanceof SQLFeatureNotSupportedException) {
-				return new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 		}
 		else if (sqlEx instanceof SQLRecoverableException) {
-			return new RecoverableDataAccessException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+			return new RecoverableDataAccessException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 		}
 
 		// Fallback to Spring's own SQL state translation...
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.java
index e00c8d3a0e2..d1f2f0d814a 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.java
@@ -131,35 +131,35 @@ public class SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator extends AbstractFallbackSQLException
 				logger.debug("Extracted SQL state class '" + classCode + "' from value '" + sqlState + "'");
 			}
 			if (BAD_SQL_GRAMMAR_CODES.contains(classCode)) {
-				return new BadSqlGrammarException(task, (sql != null ? sql : ""), sqlEx);
+				return new BadSqlGrammarException(task, (sql != null ? sql : ""), ex);
 			}
 			else if (DATA_INTEGRITY_VIOLATION_CODES.contains(classCode)) {
 				if (indicatesDuplicateKey(sqlState, sqlEx.getErrorCode())) {
-					return new DuplicateKeyException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+					return new DuplicateKeyException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 				}
-				return new DataIntegrityViolationException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new DataIntegrityViolationException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			else if (PESSIMISTIC_LOCKING_FAILURE_CODES.contains(classCode)) {
 				if (indicatesCannotAcquireLock(sqlState)) {
-					return new CannotAcquireLockException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+					return new CannotAcquireLockException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 				}
-				return new PessimisticLockingFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new PessimisticLockingFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			else if (DATA_ACCESS_RESOURCE_FAILURE_CODES.contains(classCode)) {
 				if (indicatesQueryTimeout(sqlState)) {
-					return new QueryTimeoutException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+					return new QueryTimeoutException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 				}
-				return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 			else if (TRANSIENT_DATA_ACCESS_RESOURCE_CODES.contains(classCode)) {
-				return new TransientDataAccessResourceException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+				return new TransientDataAccessResourceException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 			}
 		}
 
 		// For MySQL: exception class name indicating a timeout?
 		// (since MySQL doesn't throw the JDBC 4 SQLTimeoutException)
 		if (sqlEx.getClass().getName().contains("Timeout")) {
-			return new QueryTimeoutException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), sqlEx);
+			return new QueryTimeoutException(buildMessage(task, sql, sqlEx), ex);
 		}
 
 		// Couldn't resolve anything proper - resort to UncategorizedSQLException.
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslatorTests.java b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslatorTests.java
index 3662789f6f7..6abb423bbc0 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslatorTests.java
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ class SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslatorTests {
 	static void assertTranslation(DataAccessException dae, SQLException ex, Class<?> dataAccessExceptionType) {
 		assertThat(dae).as("Specific translation must not result in null").isNotNull();
 		assertThat(dae).as("Wrong DataAccessException type returned").isExactlyInstanceOf(dataAccessExceptionType);
-		assertThat(dae.getCause()).as("The exact same original SQLException must be preserved").isSameAs(
-				ex instanceof BatchUpdateException bue ? bue.getNextException() : ex);
+		assertThat(dae.getCause()).as("The exact same original SQLException must be preserved").isSameAs(ex);
 	}
 
 	static BatchUpdateException buildBatchUpdateException(@Nullable String sqlState, SQLException next) {