diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/SortedResourcesFactoryBean.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/SortedResourcesFactoryBean.java
index 77776adf446..51ea9aaad72 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/SortedResourcesFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/SortedResourcesFactoryBean.java
@@ -72,20 +72,22 @@ public class SortedResourcesFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean<Resource[]>
 
 	@Override
 	protected Resource[] createInstance() throws Exception {
-		List<Resource> scripts = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<Resource> result = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (String location : this.locations) {
 			Resource[] resources = this.resourcePatternResolver.getResources(location);
 
 			// Cache URLs to avoid repeated I/O during sorting
 			Map<Resource, String> urlCache = new LinkedHashMap<>(resources.length);
+			List<Resource> failingResources = new ArrayList<>();
 			for (Resource resource : resources) {
 				try {
 					urlCache.put(resource, resource.getURL().toString());
 				}
 				catch (IOException ex) {
-					throw new IllegalStateException(
-							"Failed to resolve URL for resource [" + resource +
-									"] from location pattern [" + location + "]", ex);
+					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						logger.debug("Failed to resolve " + resource + " for sorting purposes: " + ex);
+					}
+					failingResources.add(resource);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -93,9 +95,10 @@ public class SortedResourcesFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean<Resource[]>
 			List<Resource> sortedResources = new ArrayList<>(urlCache.keySet());
 			sortedResources.sort(Comparator.comparing(urlCache::get));
 
-			scripts.addAll(sortedResources);
+			result.addAll(sortedResources);
+			result.addAll(failingResources);
 		}
-		return scripts.toArray(new Resource[0]);
+		return result.toArray(new Resource[0]);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java
index 342b9a467d3..b6a15deca17 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyValue;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.BadSqlGrammarException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.AbstractDriverBasedDataSource;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.CannotReadScriptException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.DataSourceInitializer;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -67,6 +69,13 @@ class JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests {
 		assertCorrectSetup("jdbc-config-pattern.xml", "dataSource");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void createWithNonExistentResource() {
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(BeanCreationException.class)
+				.isThrownBy(() -> assertCorrectSetup("jdbc-config-nonexistent.xml", "dataSource"))
+				.withCauseInstanceOf(CannotReadScriptException.class);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void createWithAnonymousDataSourceAndDefaultDatabaseName() {
 		assertThat(extractDataSourceUrl("jdbc-config-db-name-default-and-anonymous-datasource.xml"))
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-config-nonexistent.xml b/spring-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-config-nonexistent.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8314f0ce5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-config-nonexistent.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc https://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-3.0.xsd">
+
+	<jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="HSQL">
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/db-schema.sql"/>
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/db-test-data.sql"/>
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/custom-data.sql"/>  <!-- does not exist -->
+	</jdbc:embedded-database>
+	
+</beans>