diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff1597652b1..8ea323e0ad5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix deadlock in `SentryContextStorage.root()` with virtual threads and OpenTelemetry agent ([#5234](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5234))
+
 ## 8.37.0
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryContextStorage.java b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryContextStorage.java
index 5a916a9ecab..c97e40ea62d 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryContextStorage.java
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SentryContextStorage.java
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ public Context current() {
 
   @Override
   public Context root() {
-    return SentryContextWrapper.wrap(ContextStorage.super.root());
+    // Don't wrap() here — it triggers scope.clone() which acquires locks. Under virtual
+    // threads, lock.unlock() can re-enter here via OpenTelemetry executor instrumentation, causing
+    // a deadlock.
+    return ContextStorage.super.root();
   }
 }