diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78d8e784af6..1174f348f08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 * Enchancement: Do not serialize empty collections and maps (#1245)
 * Ref: Simplify RestTemplate instrumentation (#1246)
 
+Breaking Changes:
+* Enchancement: SentryExceptionResolver should not send handled errors by default (#1248).
+
+
 # 4.1.0
 
 * Improve Kotlin compatibility for SdkVersion (#1213)
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryProperties.java b/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryProperties.java
index ae5ddbb9ea4..876aa2c60a9 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryProperties.java
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/boot/SentryProperties.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class SentryProperties extends SentryOptions {
   private boolean enableTracing;
 
   /** Report all or only uncaught web exceptions. */
-  private int exceptionResolverOrder = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+  private int exceptionResolverOrder = 1;
 
   /** Logging framework integration properties. */
   private @NotNull Logging logging = new Logging();
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/it/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt b/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/it/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt
index 8f0b5d93e90..2efc2a69720 100644
--- a/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/it/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/boot/it/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package io.sentry.spring.boot.it
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.any
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.anyOrNull
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.mock
+import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.never
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.reset
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.verify
 import com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2.whenever
+import io.sentry.IHub
 import io.sentry.ITransportFactory
 import io.sentry.Sentry
 import io.sentry.spring.tracing.SentrySpan
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean
 import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate
 import org.springframework.boot.web.server.LocalServerPort
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder
 import org.springframework.security.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManager
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ControllerAdvice
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
 
@@ -52,6 +58,9 @@ class SentrySpringIntegrationTest {
     @Autowired
     lateinit var transport: ITransport
 
+    @SpyBean
+    lateinit var hub: IHub
+
     @LocalServerPort
     lateinit var port: Integer
 
@@ -137,6 +146,15 @@ class SentrySpringIntegrationTest {
             }, anyOrNull())
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `does not send events for handled exceptions`() {
+        val restTemplate = TestRestTemplate().withBasicAuth("user", "password")
+
+        restTemplate.getForEntity("http://localhost:$port/throws-handled", String::class.java)
+
+        verify(hub, never()).captureEvent(any())
+    }
 }
 
 @SpringBootApplication
@@ -168,6 +186,11 @@ class HelloController(private val helloService: HelloService) {
         throw RuntimeException("something went wrong")
     }
 
+    @GetMapping("/throws-handled")
+    fun throwsHandled() {
+        throw CustomException("handled exception")
+    }
+
     @GetMapping("/performance")
     fun performance() {
         helloService.throws()
@@ -211,3 +234,12 @@ open class SecurityConfiguration : WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter() {
         return InMemoryUserDetailsManager(user)
     }
 }
+
+class CustomException(message: String) : RuntimeException(message)
+
+@ControllerAdvice
+class ExceptionHandlers {
+
+    @ExceptionHandler(CustomException::class)
+    fun handle(e: CustomException) = ResponseEntity.badRequest().build<Void>()
+}
diff --git a/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker b/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f0955d450f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-spring-boot-starter/src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mock-maker-inline
diff --git a/sentry-spring/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentry.java b/sentry-spring/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentry.java
index 7957ebdfc01..3cd9305a513 100644
--- a/sentry-spring/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentry.java
+++ b/sentry-spring/src/main/java/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentry.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 
 /**
  * Enables Sentry error handling capabilities.
@@ -44,5 +43,5 @@
    *
    * @return the order to use for {@link SentryExceptionResolver}
    */
-  int exceptionResolverOrder() default Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE;
+  int exceptionResolverOrder() default 1;
 }
diff --git a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentryTest.kt b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentryTest.kt
index d7533b7fd40..84f41a92915 100644
--- a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentryTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/EnableSentryTest.kt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class EnableSentryTest {
         contextRunner.run {
             assertThat(it).hasSingleBean(SentryExceptionResolver::class.java)
             assertThat(it).getBean(SentryExceptionResolver::class.java)
-                .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("order", Integer.MIN_VALUE)
+                .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("order", 1)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt
index 0e40229f468..55cedaef9a4 100644
--- a/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-spring/src/test/kotlin/io/sentry/spring/SentrySpringIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate
 import org.springframework.boot.web.server.LocalServerPort
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ class SentrySpringIntegrationTest {
 }
 
 @SpringBootApplication
-@EnableSentry(dsn = "http://key@localhost/proj", sendDefaultPii = true, exceptionResolverOrder = Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE)
+@EnableSentry(dsn = "http://key@localhost/proj", sendDefaultPii = true)
 open class App {
 
     private val transport = mock<ITransport>()