diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/CIJobsExtensions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/CIJobsExtensions.kt
index 5fd6b355bf3..a40059d96ac 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/CIJobsExtensions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/CIJobsExtensions.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.extra
 
+const val CI_SHARD_PROJECT_PATHS = "ciShardProjectPaths"
+
 /**
  * Determines if the current project is in the selected slot.
  *
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dd-trace-java.ci-jobs.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dd-trace-java.ci-jobs.gradle.kts
index 4868f4f769b..ddde3e10bd8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dd-trace-java.ci-jobs.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dd-trace-java.ci-jobs.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datadog.gradle.plugin.ci.CI_SHARD_PROJECT_PATHS
 import datadog.gradle.plugin.ci.isInSelectedSlot
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test
 import java.io.File
@@ -17,8 +18,16 @@ if (project != rootProject) {
 allprojects {
   // Enable tests only on the selected slot (if -Pslot=n/t is provided)
   tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
-    onlyIf("Project is in selected slot") {
-      project.isInSelectedSlot.get()
+    onlyIf("Project is in selected slot") { testTask ->
+      val rootExtraProperties = rootProject.extensions.extraProperties
+      val shardProjectPaths = if (rootExtraProperties.has(CI_SHARD_PROJECT_PATHS)) {
+        rootExtraProperties.get(CI_SHARD_PROJECT_PATHS) as? Map<*, *>
+      } else {
+        null
+      }
+      val shardProjectPath = shardProjectPaths?.get(testTask.path)?.toString()
+      val shardProject = shardProjectPath?.let(rootProject::project) ?: testTask.project
+      shardProject.isInSelectedSlot.get()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/test-shard-weights.json b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/test-shard-weights.json
index 4b1c38c2305..776ded8e17c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/test-shard-weights.json
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/test-shard-weights.json
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     "Source: Datadog CI Visibility, sum(@duration) over test modules grouped by",
     "Gradle project, JVM 11, job test_inst, 7-day window ending 2026-10-11,",
     "divided by the 491 observed pipelines.",
+    "JDBC virtual-project weights use coverage-complete test results from",
+    "pipeline 144158285 on 2026-10-12.",
     "Projects absent from this map fall back to the default weight.",
     "See docs/ci-test-shard-weights.md to regenerate."
   ],
@@ -14,44 +16,58 @@
     "jvm": "11",
     "job": "test_inst",
     "pipelines_observed": 491,
-    "projects_measured": 36
+    "projects_measured": 35,
+    "projects_derived_from_measured_suites": 14
   },
   "weights": {
-    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc": 1116.7,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:lettuce:lettuce-5.0": 978.1,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:akka:akka-http:akka-http-10.0": 612.3,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:spring:spring-webflux:spring-webflux-5.0": 509.4,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:kafka:kafka-clients-0.11": 379.1,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-old-h2-test": 321.831,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-dbm-forked-test": 310.736,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-instrumentation-forked-test": 279.971,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:akka:akka-http:akka-http-10.6": 258.0,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-old-postgres-test": 241.128,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-dbm-prepared-forked-test": 228.78,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:aws-java:aws-java-sdk-2.2": 220.7,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:mule-4.5": 217.1,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:grpc-1.5": 196.7,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:junit:junit-5:junit-5.3": 195.4,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:liberty:liberty-20.0": 187.3,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:datastax-cassandra:datastax-cassandra-3.8": 175.4,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-old-postgres-test": 173.218,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:maven:maven-3.2.1": 172.2,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:mongo:mongo-driver:mongo-driver-4.0": 171.3,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-old-h2-test": 167.347,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:couchbase:couchbase-3.2": 165.8,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:rabbitmq-amqp-2.7": 159.7,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:aws-java:aws-java-sqs-1.0": 152.1,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:couchbase:couchbase-3.1": 151.2,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:aws-java:aws-java-sqs-2.0": 148.7,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:vertx:vertx-web:vertx-web-4.0": 140.9,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-test": 139.615,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:spark:spark_2.12": 113.9,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:aws-java:aws-java-sdk-1.11": 104.0,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:hibernate:hibernate-core-3.3": 93.6,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jersey:jersey-2.0": 84.8,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:couchbase:couchbase-2.0": 82.5,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-test": 69.627,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-instrumentation-forked-tests": 68.703,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:akka:akka-actor-2.5": 66.8,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jetty:jetty-server:jetty-server-9.4.21": 64.6,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:lettuce:lettuce-4.0": 47.3,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jedis:jedis-3.0": 42.0,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-decorator-forked-tests": 35.57,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:mongo:mongo-driver:mongo-driver-3:mongo-driver-3.1": 34.7,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:elasticsearch:elasticsearch-rest:elasticsearch-rest-7.0": 31.7,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:couchbase:couchbase-2.6": 25.6,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-dbm-forked-tests": 25.599,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-oracle-forked-tests": 25.523,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:synapse-3.0": 24.5,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:spring:spring-webmvc:spring-webmvc-5.3": 21.9,
     ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:spring:spring-boot-1.3": 16.6,
-    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:vertx:vertx-web:vertx-web-3.9": 12.6
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:vertx:vertx-web:vertx-web-3.9": 12.6,
+    ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-sql-server-forked-tests": 11.867
   }
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/TestShardBalancerTest.kt b/buildSrc/src/test/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/TestShardBalancerTest.kt
index 9765a436492..6966760302d 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/TestShardBalancerTest.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/kotlin/datadog/gradle/plugin/ci/TestShardBalancerTest.kt
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ class TestShardBalancerTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `bundled weights file is parsed`() {
-    assertThat(WEIGHTS).hasSize(36)
+    assertThat(WEIGHTS).hasSize(49)
     assertThat(WEIGHTS.values).allSatisfy { weight -> assertThat(weight).isPositive() }
-    // docs/ci-test-shard-weights.md names the two heaviest projects
-    assertThat(heaviestProjects(2)).containsExactly(JDBC, LETTUCE_5_0)
+    assertThat(heaviestProjects(2)).containsExactly(LETTUCE_5_0, AKKA_HTTP_10_0)
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -139,8 +138,8 @@ class TestShardBalancerTest {
 
   companion object {
     private const val INSTRUMENTATION_PREFIX = ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:"
-    private const val JDBC = ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc"
     private const val LETTUCE_5_0 = ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:lettuce:lettuce-5.0"
+    private const val AKKA_HTTP_10_0 = ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:akka:akka-http:akka-http-10.0"
 
     private val WEIGHTS = loadDefaultWeights()
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/build.gradle
index fbacf010b3c..534ba799ed5 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/build.gradle
@@ -83,7 +83,26 @@ TaskProvider<JavaExec> registerIndexTask(String indexTaskName, String indexer, S
 }
 
 instrumentationNaming {
-  exclusions = ["org-json-20230227"] // org-json does not use semver
+  // CI-only virtual projects delegate to the JDBC module's existing test tasks.
+  exclusions = [
+    // org-json does not use semver
+    "org-json-20230227",
+    "jdbc-test",
+    "jdbc-remote-test",
+    "jdbc-old-h2-test",
+    "jdbc-remote-old-h2-test",
+    "jdbc-old-postgres-test",
+    "jdbc-remote-old-postgres-test",
+    "jdbc-dbm-forked-tests",
+    "jdbc-decorator-forked-tests",
+    "jdbc-instrumentation-forked-tests",
+    "jdbc-oracle-forked-tests",
+    "jdbc-sql-server-forked-tests",
+    "jdbc-remote-dbm-forked-test",
+    "jdbc-remote-dbm-prepared-forked-test",
+    "jdbc-remote-instrumentation-forked-test",
+    "jdbc-other-forked-tests",
+  ]
   suffixes = ["-common", "-stubs", "-iast"]
 }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/build.gradle
index dc2622fdec5..8d64c0ea833 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/build.gradle
@@ -95,6 +95,90 @@ tasks.named("latestDepJava11Test", Test) {
   }
 }
 
+def ciForkedTestGroups = [
+  jdbcDbmForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/DBM*ForkedTest*'],
+  ],
+  jdbcDecoratorForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/JDBCDecorator*ForkedTest*'],
+  ],
+  jdbcInstrumentationForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/DriverInstrumentation*ForkedTest*', '**/JDBCInstrumentation*ForkedTest*',],
+  ],
+  jdbcOracleForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/Oracle*ForkedTest*'],
+  ],
+  jdbcSqlServerForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/SQLServer*ForkedTest*'],
+  ],
+  jdbcRemoteDbmForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/RemoteDBMTraceInjectedForkedTest.class'],
+    usesContainers: true,
+  ],
+  jdbcRemoteDbmPreparedForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/RemoteDBMTraceInjectedForkedTestTracePreparedStatements.class'],
+    usesContainers: true,
+  ],
+  jdbcRemoteInstrumentationForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/RemoteJDBCInstrumentationV1ForkedTest.class'],
+    usesContainers: true,
+  ],
+  // Keep an empty catch-all so newly added forked tests remain covered.
+  jdbcOtherForkedTest: [
+    includes: ['**/*ForkedTest*'],
+    excludes: [
+      '**/DBM*ForkedTest*',
+      '**/DriverInstrumentation*ForkedTest*',
+      '**/JDBCDecorator*ForkedTest*',
+      '**/JDBCInstrumentation*ForkedTest*',
+      '**/Oracle*ForkedTest*',
+      '**/RemoteDBMTraceInjectedForkedTest.class',
+      '**/RemoteDBMTraceInjectedForkedTestTracePreparedStatements.class',
+      '**/RemoteJDBCInstrumentationV1ForkedTest.class',
+      '**/SQLServer*ForkedTest*',
+    ],
+    usesContainers: true,
+    allowNoTests: true,
+  ],
+]
+
+ciForkedTestGroups.each { taskName, groupConfig ->
+  tasks.register(taskName, Test) {
+    group = LifecycleBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+    classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
+    setIncludes(groupConfig.includes)
+    setExcludes(groupConfig.excludes ?: [])
+    if (groupConfig.allowNoTests) {
+      failOnNoDiscoveredTests = false
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// The generated forkedTest task is replaced by the disjoint tasks above. This keeps local check and
+// allTests coverage unchanged while allowing CI to schedule each group independently.
+tasks.named("forkedTest", Test) {
+  enabled = false
+}
+
+def remoteTestPattern = '**/RemoteJDBCInstrumentationV0Test*'
+def ciRemoteTestGroups = [
+  jdbcRemoteTest: [sourceSet: sourceSets.test, originalTask: tasks.named('test')],
+  jdbcRemoteOldH2Test: [sourceSet: sourceSets.oldH2Test, originalTask: tasks.named('oldH2Test')],
+  jdbcRemoteOldPostgresTest: [sourceSet: sourceSets.oldPostgresTest, originalTask: tasks.named('oldPostgresTest')],
+]
+
+ciRemoteTestGroups.each { taskName, groupConfig ->
+  tasks.register(taskName, Test) {
+    group = LifecycleBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    testClassesDirs = groupConfig.sourceSet.output.classesDirs
+    classpath = groupConfig.sourceSet.runtimeClasspath
+    include remoteTestPattern
+  }
+}
+
 tasks.withType(GroovyCompile).configureEach {
   configureCompiler(
     it,
@@ -105,8 +189,53 @@ tasks.withType(GroovyCompile).configureEach {
 }
 
 tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-  usesService(testcontainersLimit)
+  if (!ciForkedTestGroups.containsKey(name) || ciForkedTestGroups[name].usesContainers) {
+    usesService(testcontainersLimit)
+  }
+}
+
+// In sharded CI, the virtual child projects below own the default JDBC suites. Outside sharded CI,
+// allTests retains the convention plugin's normal dependencies and remains the single local entry point.
+if (rootProject.providers.gradleProperty("slot").isPresent()) {
+  tasks.named("allTests") {
+    setDependsOn([])
+  }
+  ciRemoteTestGroups.each { taskName, groupConfig ->
+    groupConfig.originalTask.configure {
+      exclude remoteTestPattern
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+def ciTestShards = [
+  'jdbc-test': tasks.named('test'),
+  'jdbc-remote-test': tasks.named('jdbcRemoteTest'),
+  'jdbc-old-h2-test': tasks.named('oldH2Test'),
+  'jdbc-remote-old-h2-test': tasks.named('jdbcRemoteOldH2Test'),
+  'jdbc-old-postgres-test': tasks.named('oldPostgresTest'),
+  'jdbc-remote-old-postgres-test': tasks.named('jdbcRemoteOldPostgresTest'),
+  'jdbc-dbm-forked-tests': tasks.named('jdbcDbmForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-decorator-forked-tests': tasks.named('jdbcDecoratorForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-instrumentation-forked-tests': tasks.named('jdbcInstrumentationForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-oracle-forked-tests': tasks.named('jdbcOracleForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-sql-server-forked-tests': tasks.named('jdbcSqlServerForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-remote-dbm-forked-test': tasks.named('jdbcRemoteDbmForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-remote-dbm-prepared-forked-test': tasks.named('jdbcRemoteDbmPreparedForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-remote-instrumentation-forked-test': tasks.named('jdbcRemoteInstrumentationForkedTest'),
+  'jdbc-other-forked-tests': tasks.named('jdbcOtherForkedTest'),
+]
+
+def ciShardProjectPaths = [:]
+ciTestShards.each { childName, testTask ->
+  def childPath = ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:$childName"
+  ciShardProjectPaths[testTask.get().path] = childPath
+  project(childPath) {
+    tasks.register("allTests") {
+      dependsOn(testTask)
+    }
+  }
 }
+rootProject.extensions.extraProperties.set('ciShardProjectPaths', ciShardProjectPaths)
 
 tasks.named("latestDepJava11Test", Test) {
   testJvmConstraints {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-dbm-forked-tests/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-dbm-forked-tests/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-dbm-forked-tests/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-decorator-forked-tests/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-decorator-forked-tests/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d29650ffa17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-decorator-forked-tests/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI-only virtual project; its allTests task is registered by the parent JDBC project.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-instrumentation-forked-tests/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-instrumentation-forked-tests/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d29650ffa17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-instrumentation-forked-tests/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI-only virtual project; its allTests task is registered by the parent JDBC project.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-old-h2-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-old-h2-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-old-h2-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-old-postgres-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-old-postgres-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-old-postgres-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-oracle-forked-tests/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-oracle-forked-tests/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-oracle-forked-tests/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-other-forked-tests/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-other-forked-tests/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d29650ffa17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-other-forked-tests/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI-only virtual project; its allTests task is registered by the parent JDBC project.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-dbm-forked-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-dbm-forked-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d29650ffa17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-dbm-forked-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI-only virtual project; its allTests task is registered by the parent JDBC project.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-dbm-prepared-forked-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-dbm-prepared-forked-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d29650ffa17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-dbm-prepared-forked-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI-only virtual project; its allTests task is registered by the parent JDBC project.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-instrumentation-forked-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-instrumentation-forked-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d29650ffa17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-instrumentation-forked-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI-only virtual project; its allTests task is registered by the parent JDBC project.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-old-h2-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-old-h2-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-old-h2-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-old-postgres-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-old-postgres-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-old-postgres-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-remote-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-sql-server-forked-tests/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-sql-server-forked-tests/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-sql-server-forked-tests/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-test/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-test/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894afd1a877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jdbc/jdbc-test/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// CI shard project configured by the parent JDBC build.
diff --git a/docs/ci-test-shard-weights.md b/docs/ci-test-shard-weights.md
index b805040c554..95ba8ff6212 100644
--- a/docs/ci-test-shard-weights.md
+++ b/docs/ci-test-shard-weights.md
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Weights come from Datadog CI Visibility test events at the **module** level, ove
 4. Divide each project's total by the pipeline count, and convert from nanoseconds to seconds. The result is a mean
    per pipeline, not a median.
 
-For example, `jdbc` summed to 548,323.5 seconds over 491 pipelines, giving a weight of `1116.7`.
+For example, `jdbc` summed to 548,323.5 seconds over 491 pipelines, giving a weight of `1116.7`
+before its test suites were split into independent CI shard projects.
 
 Measure every project listed in `settings.gradle.kts` one by one (e.g. `@test.module:lettuce-5.0_*`) instead of
 reading a single grouped aggregation or guessing family prefixes:
@@ -59,6 +60,23 @@ date in `_comment`, update the expected entry count in `TestShardBalancerTest`,
 heaviest projects land in different shards, and that the modeled instrumentation shards stay balanced, with a
 max/min load ratio of at most 1.25. That ratio is computed from the weights, not measured, see below.
 
+## JDBC suite shards
+
+The JDBC instrumentation keeps one Gradle source module, but its `test_inst` work is exposed through 15 virtual
+child projects so the balancer can assign its existing suites to different shards. The child projects delegate to
+test tasks in the parent project; they do not copy tests or change dependencies. Local `allTests` and `check` still
+run every suite from the JDBC project as before.
+
+Pipeline `144158285` provided a coverage-complete measurement of the refined split on JVM 11: 46 suites and 1,814
+passing tests. It showed that the remote database suites dominate several tasks. The three regular version tasks
+therefore expose `RemoteJDBCInstrumentationV0Test` separately from their remaining suites, and the three remote
+forked classes each have their own virtual project. The remaining forked tasks form exhaustive, disjoint groups
+across all 22 concrete forked classes; an unweighted catch-all keeps newly added forked classes covered.
+
+The largest measured JDBC unit after this split is the old H2 remote suite at 321.831 s, down 71.18% from the
+original 1116.7-second JDBC project. The next largest units are the remote DBM fork at 310.736 s and the remote
+instrumentation fork at 279.971 s. The checked-in weights come directly from that pipeline's suite durations.
+
 ## Known limitation: the heaviest project sets a floor
 
 A project's tests always run in a single shard, and tests run in parallel within a shard. The balancer only adds up
@@ -66,22 +84,23 @@ seconds, so it cannot see that a shard dominated by one large project finishes l
 spread over many small projects. In the first pipeline using this balancer, shards 1/8 and 4/8 ran almost the same
 total test time (2312 s and 2292 s), yet took 39 and 24 minutes: shard 1/8 held `jdbc`.
 
-The two heaviest projects per pipeline are currently:
+Before the JDBC suite split, the two heaviest projects per pipeline were:
 
 - `:dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc`: 1116.7 s, about 18.6 minutes;
 - `:dd-java-agent:instrumentation:lettuce:lettuce-5.0`: 978.1 s, about 16.3 minutes.
 
-The slowest shard can therefore never be faster than the heaviest single project, plus job setup. A project's
-wall-clock span is also longer than its summed test time: in that first pipeline, the `jdbc` tests (20.5 minutes of
-summed test time) spanned 27.6 minutes, starting about 10 minutes into the job, so its shard took 39 minutes. Under
-the previous hash-based assignment, the `jdbc` shard was already the slowest one.
+After the split, JDBC no longer sets that floor; `lettuce-5.0` is the heaviest remaining project. The slowest shard
+can never be faster than the heaviest single project, plus job setup. A project's wall-clock span is also longer
+than its summed test time: in that first pipeline, the `jdbc` tests (20.5 minutes of summed test time) spanned 27.6
+minutes, starting about 10 minutes into the job, so its shard took 39 minutes. Under the previous hash-based
+assignment, the `jdbc` shard was already the slowest one.
 
 The modeled max/min ratio is optimistic whenever one project approaches the target shard time, so treat the 1.25
 bound as a check of the model rather than a guarantee for wall-clock time.
 
-The two heaviest projects must not share a shard, otherwise their floors stack. Capping weights would not help:
-under-weighting `jdbc` makes the model look balanced while letting more work pile onto the `jdbc` shard. Lowering the
-floor needs finer-grained sharding than whole projects.
+The two heaviest projects must not share a shard, otherwise their floors stack. Capping weights only makes the model
+look balanced while letting more work pile onto the affected shard. Lowering the floor requires splitting the work
+into independently scheduled units, as the JDBC suite shards do above.
 
 ## When to refresh
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 468d89c5cb4..1cf2e47fb42 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -424,6 +424,21 @@ include(
   ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jboss:jboss-logmanager-1.1",
   ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jboss:jboss-modules-1.3",
   ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:scalikejdbc-3.5",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-old-h2-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-old-h2-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-old-postgres-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-old-postgres-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-dbm-forked-tests",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-decorator-forked-tests",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-instrumentation-forked-tests",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-oracle-forked-tests",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-sql-server-forked-tests",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-dbm-forked-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-dbm-prepared-forked-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-remote-instrumentation-forked-test",
+  ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc:jdbc-other-forked-tests",
   ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jdbc",
   ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jedis:jedis-1.4",
   ":dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jedis:jedis-3.0",