diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/BitsCronField.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/BitsCronField.java
index cb9ffde0df1..3ef274e63c5 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/BitsCronField.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/BitsCronField.java
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * Created using the {@code parse*} methods.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 5.3
  */
 final class BitsCronField extends CronField {
 
-	public static BitsCronField ZERO_NANOS = forZeroNanos();
+	public static final BitsCronField ZERO_NANOS = forZeroNanos();
 
 	private static final long MASK = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL;
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
index f88c41b7c16..94e06500d0c 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ public class RestTemplate extends InterceptingHttpAccessor implements RestOperat
 		this.observationConvention = observationConvention;
 	}
 
+
 	// GET
 
 	@Override
@@ -847,13 +848,14 @@ public class RestTemplate extends InterceptingHttpAccessor implements RestOperat
 			request = createRequest(url, method);
 		}
 		catch (IOException ex) {
-			ResourceAccessException exception = createResourceAccessException(url, method, ex);
-			throw exception;
+			throw createResourceAccessException(url, method, ex);
 		}
+
 		ClientRequestObservationContext observationContext = new ClientRequestObservationContext(request);
 		observationContext.setUriTemplate(uriTemplate);
-		Observation observation = ClientHttpObservationDocumentation.HTTP_CLIENT_EXCHANGES.observation(this.observationConvention,
-				DEFAULT_OBSERVATION_CONVENTION, () -> observationContext, this.observationRegistry).start();
+		Observation observation = ClientHttpObservationDocumentation.HTTP_CLIENT_EXCHANGES.observation(
+				this.observationConvention, DEFAULT_OBSERVATION_CONVENTION,
+				() -> observationContext, this.observationRegistry).start();
 		ClientHttpResponse response = null;
 		try (Observation.Scope scope = observation.openScope()){
 			if (requestCallback != null) {
@@ -865,13 +867,13 @@ public class RestTemplate extends InterceptingHttpAccessor implements RestOperat
 			return (responseExtractor != null ? responseExtractor.extractData(response) : null);
 		}
 		catch (IOException ex) {
-			ResourceAccessException exception = createResourceAccessException(url, method, ex);
-			observation.error(exception);
-			throw exception;
+			ResourceAccessException accessEx = createResourceAccessException(url, method, ex);
+			observation.error(accessEx);
+			throw accessEx;
 		}
-		catch (Throwable exc) {
-			observation.error(exc);
-			throw exc;
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
+			observation.error(ex);
+			throw ex;
 		}
 		finally {
 			if (response != null) {