diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java
index 796665225deb..65e47c168c29 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java
@@ -124,6 +124,22 @@ void testWriteWithOffset() throws IOException {
     assertThat(response.getStringContent()).isEqualTo(expectedHtml);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testInjectToTextHtmlWithOtherHeadStyle() throws IOException {
+    String snippet = "\n  <script type=\"text/javascript\"> Test </script>";
+    String html = readFileAsString("beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+
+    InMemoryHttpServletResponse response = createInMemoryHttpServletResponse("text/html");
+    Servlet3SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper responseWrapper =
+        new Servlet3SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper(response, snippet);
+
+    responseWrapper.getWriter().write(html);
+    responseWrapper.getWriter().flush();
+
+    String expectedHtml = readFileAsString("afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+    assertThat(response.getStringContent()).isEqualTo(expectedHtml);
+  }
+
   private static InMemoryHttpServletResponse createInMemoryHttpServletResponse(String contentType) {
     HttpServletResponse response = mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
     when(response.getContentType()).thenReturn(contentType);
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java
index 10ee6f14997f..d16c4c521f6c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java
@@ -125,6 +125,25 @@ void testHeadTagSplitAcrossTwoWrites() throws IOException {
     assertThat(out.getBytes()).isEqualTo(expectedSecondPart.getBytes(UTF_8));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle() throws IOException {
+    String snippet = "\n  <script type=\"text/javascript\"> Test </script>";
+    byte[] html = readFileAsBytes("beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+
+    InjectionState obj = createInjectionStateForTesting(snippet, UTF_8);
+    InMemoryServletOutputStream out = new InMemoryServletOutputStream();
+
+    Supplier<String> stringSupplier = snippet::toString;
+    OutputStreamSnippetInjectionHelper helper =
+        new OutputStreamSnippetInjectionHelper(stringSupplier);
+    boolean injected = helper.handleWrite(obj, out, html, 0, html.length);
+    assertThat(obj.getHeadTagBytesSeen()).isEqualTo(-1);
+    assertThat(injected).isEqualTo(true);
+
+    byte[] expectedHtml = readFileAsBytes("afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+    assertThat(out.getBytes()).isEqualTo(expectedHtml);
+  }
+
   private static InjectionState createInjectionStateForTesting(String snippet, Charset charset) {
     HttpServletResponse response = mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
     when(response.isCommitted()).thenReturn(false);
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ef9cb954d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head lang="en">
+  <script type="text/javascript"> Test </script>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Title</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65f97cac2408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head lang="en">
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Title</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/Servlet3SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/Servlet3SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java
index 57dbb09401e7..be732a35b2ec 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/Servlet3SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-3.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v3_0/snippet/Servlet3SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ public boolean isContentTypeTextHtml() {
     if (contentType == null) {
       contentType = super.getHeader("content-type");
     }
-    return contentType != null && contentType.startsWith("text/html");
+    return contentType != null
+        && (contentType.startsWith("text/html") || contentType.startsWith("application/xhtml+xml"));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java
index ebe5adba05d6..efcd6a7a3285 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetPrintWriterTest.java
@@ -123,6 +123,22 @@ void testWriteWithOffset() throws IOException {
     assertThat(response.getStringContent()).isEqualTo(expectedHtml);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testInjectToTextHtmlWithOtherHeadStyle() throws IOException {
+    String snippet = "\n  <script type=\"text/javascript\"> Test </script>";
+    String html = TestUtil.readFileAsString("beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+
+    InMemoryHttpServletResponse response = createInMemoryHttpServletResponse("text/html");
+    Servlet5SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper responseWrapper =
+        new Servlet5SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper(response, snippet);
+
+    responseWrapper.getWriter().write(html);
+    responseWrapper.getWriter().flush();
+
+    String expectedHtml = TestUtil.readFileAsString("afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+    assertThat(response.getStringContent()).isEqualTo(expectedHtml);
+  }
+
   private static InMemoryHttpServletResponse createInMemoryHttpServletResponse(String contentType) {
     HttpServletResponse response = mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
     when(response.getContentType()).thenReturn(contentType);
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java
index 29a25b646a3e..aed84df63cf0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/SnippetServletOutputStreamTest.java
@@ -127,6 +127,25 @@ void testHeadTagSplitAcrossTwoWrites() throws IOException {
     assertThat(out.getBytes()).isEqualTo(expectedSecondPart.getBytes(UTF_8));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle() throws IOException {
+    String snippet = "\n  <script type=\"text/javascript\"> Test </script>";
+    byte[] html = readFileAsBytes("beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+
+    InjectionState obj = createInjectionStateForTesting(snippet, UTF_8);
+    InMemoryServletOutputStream out = new InMemoryServletOutputStream();
+
+    Supplier<String> stringSupplier = snippet::toString;
+    OutputStreamSnippetInjectionHelper helper =
+        new OutputStreamSnippetInjectionHelper(stringSupplier);
+    boolean injected = helper.handleWrite(obj, out, html, 0, html.length);
+    assertThat(obj.getHeadTagBytesSeen()).isEqualTo(-1);
+    assertThat(injected).isEqualTo(true);
+
+    byte[] expectedHtml = readFileAsBytes("afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html");
+    assertThat(out.getBytes()).isEqualTo(expectedHtml);
+  }
+
   private static InjectionState createInjectionStateForTesting(String snippet, Charset charset) {
     HttpServletResponse response = mock(HttpServletResponse.class);
     when(response.isCommitted()).thenReturn(false);
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ef9cb954d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/afterSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head lang="en">
+  <script type="text/javascript"> Test </script>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Title</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65f97cac2408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent-unit-tests/src/test/resources/beforeSnippetInjectionWithOtherHeadStyle.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head lang="en">
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Title</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/Servlet5SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/Servlet5SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java
index 5a9f02acc748..06d8b38e162e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/Servlet5SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-5.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/servlet/v5_0/snippet/Servlet5SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper.java
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ public boolean isContentTypeTextHtml() {
     if (contentType == null) {
       contentType = super.getHeader("content-type");
     }
-    return contentType != null && contentType.startsWith("text/html");
+    return contentType != null
+        && (contentType.startsWith("text/html") || contentType.startsWith("application/xhtml+xml"));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-common/bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/servlet/InjectionState.java b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-common/bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/servlet/InjectionState.java
index 7986357696d9..bc34f72d0fd7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-common/bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/servlet/InjectionState.java
+++ b/instrumentation/servlet/servlet-common/bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/servlet/InjectionState.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // this is shared by both ServletOutputStream and PrintWriter injection
 public class InjectionState {
   private static final int HEAD_TAG_WRITTEN_FAKE_VALUE = -1;
-  private static final int HEAD_TAG_LENGTH = "<head>".length();
+  private static final int HEAD_TAG_PREFIX_LENGTH = "<head".length();
   private final SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper wrapper;
   private int headTagBytesSeen = 0;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public boolean processByte(int b) {
     } else {
       headTagBytesSeen = 0;
     }
-    if (headTagBytesSeen == HEAD_TAG_LENGTH) {
+    if (headTagBytesSeen > HEAD_TAG_PREFIX_LENGTH && b == '>') {
       setHeadTagWritten();
       return true;
     } else {
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ private boolean inHeadTag(int b) {
       return true;
     } else if (headTagBytesSeen == 4 && b == 'd') {
       return true;
-    } else if (headTagBytesSeen == 5 && b == '>') {
+    } else if (headTagBytesSeen == 5 && (b == '>' || Character.isWhitespace(b))) {
       return true;
+    } else {
+      return headTagBytesSeen > 5;
     }
-    return false;
   }
 
   public SnippetInjectingResponseWrapper getWrapper() {