diff --git a/internal-api/build.gradle.kts b/internal-api/build.gradle.kts
index 5eb3891a126..c133465a471 100644
--- a/internal-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/internal-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ extra["excludedClassesCoverage"] = listOf(
   "datadog.trace.util.TempLocationManager.*",
   // constants only
   "datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.ServiceNameSources",
+  // POJO, covered by test suites in other gradle submodules (e.g. AIGuardInternalTests, HttpServerDecoratorTest)
+  "datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.ClientIpAddressData",
 )
 
 extra["excludedClassesBranchCoverage"] = listOf(