diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-1.4/jedis-1.4.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-1.4/jedis-1.4.gradle
index a3f451170e..459a688e75 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-1.4/jedis-1.4.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-1.4/jedis-1.4.gradle
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ muzzle {
     group = "redis.clients"
     module = "jedis"
     versions = "[1.4.0,3.0.0)"
-    assertInverse = true
   }
+  // Muzzle doesn't detect the classLoaderMatcher, so we can't assert fail for 3.0+
 }
 
 apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/java.gradle"
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-3.0/jedis-3.0.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-3.0/jedis-3.0.gradle
index c191247c7f..947b2a9aa6 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-3.0/jedis-3.0.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jedis-3.0/jedis-3.0.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ dependencies {
 
   testCompile group: 'com.github.kstyrc', name: 'embedded-redis', version: '0.6'
   testCompile group: 'redis.clients', name: 'jedis', version: '3.0.0'
+  // ensures jedis-1.4 instrumentation does not load with jedis 3.0+ by failing
+  // the tests in the event it does. The tests will end up with double spans
+  testCompile project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jedis-1.4')
 
   latestDepTestCompile group: 'redis.clients', name: 'jedis', version: '3.+'
 }