diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java
index fa676fddc9..519785aaa7 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.dao.PermissionDeniedDataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.QueryTimeoutException;
 import org.springframework.dao.RecoverableDataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.TransientDataAccessResourceException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.BadSqlGrammarException;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class SQLExceptionSubclassTranslator extends AbstractFallbackSQLException
 				return new TransientDataAccessResourceException(buildMessage(task, sql, ex), ex);
 			}
 			if (ex instanceof SQLTimeoutException) {
-				return new TransientDataAccessResourceException(buildMessage(task, sql, ex), ex);
+				return new QueryTimeoutException(buildMessage(task, sql, ex), ex);
 			}
 		}
 		else if (ex instanceof SQLNonTransientException) {
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslatorTests.java b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslatorTests.java
index 4c63040b53..2a6fc51091 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/SQLExceptionSubclassTranslatorTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.dao.PermissionDeniedDataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.QueryTimeoutException;
 import org.springframework.dao.RecoverableDataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.TransientDataAccessResourceException;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.BadSqlGrammarException;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ public class SQLExceptionSubclassTranslatorTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals(transientConnEx, tdarex.getCause());
 
 		SQLException transientConnEx2 = SQLExceptionSubclassFactory.newSQLTimeoutException("", "", 0);
-		TransientDataAccessResourceException tdarex2 = (TransientDataAccessResourceException) sext.translate("task", "SQL", transientConnEx2);
+		QueryTimeoutException tdarex2 = (QueryTimeoutException) sext.translate("task", "SQL", transientConnEx2);
 		assertEquals(transientConnEx2, tdarex2.getCause());
 
 		SQLException recoverableEx = SQLExceptionSubclassFactory.newSQLRecoverableException("", "", 0);