diff --git a/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/autoscan-diff-by-rules.json b/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/autoscan-diff-by-rules.json
index 3a77963e001..038a1fc413b 100644
--- a/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/autoscan-diff-by-rules.json
+++ b/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/autoscan-diff-by-rules.json
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@
   {
     "ruleKey": "S2230",
     "hasTruePositives": false,
-    "falseNegatives": 22,
+    "falseNegatives": 24,
     "falsePositives": 0
   },
   {
@@ -3196,5 +3196,11 @@
     "hasTruePositives": false,
     "falseNegatives": 8,
     "falsePositives": 0
+  },
+  {
+    "ruleKey": "S8989",
+    "hasTruePositives": false,
+    "falseNegatives": 13,
+    "falsePositives": 0
   }
 ]
diff --git a/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S2230.json b/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S2230.json
index 2b93c0bf9ff..354535c3df9 100644
--- a/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S2230.json
+++ b/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S2230.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ruleKey": "S2230",
   "hasTruePositives": false,
-  "falseNegatives": 22,
+  "falseNegatives": 26,
   "falsePositives": 0
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S8989.json b/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S8989.json
index 4019d11648a..819989347c6 100644
--- a/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S8989.json
+++ b/its/autoscan/src/test/resources/autoscan/diffs/diff_S8989.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ruleKey": "S8989",
   "hasTruePositives": false,
-  "falseNegatives": 12,
+  "falseNegatives": 13,
   "falsePositives": 0
 }
diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheckSample.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheckSample.java
index 94501e6bb7c..aa1e53b4865 100644
--- a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheckSample.java
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheckSample.java
@@ -169,4 +169,37 @@ public void valueShorthand() throws IOException { // Noncompliant [[secondary=16
 //            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     // Has value attribute but no rollback configuration
   }
+
+  // @Transactional has no effect on non-public methods (Spring proxy-based AOP only intercepts public methods)
+  @Transactional
+  private void privateMethod() throws IOException { // Compliant - private methods are not proxied by Spring
+  }
+
+  @Transactional
+  private void privateMethodMultipleExceptions() throws IOException, SQLException { // Compliant
+  }
+
+  @Transactional
+  protected void protectedMethod() throws IOException { // Compliant - protected methods are not proxied by Spring
+  }
+
+  @Transactional
+  void packagePrivateMethod() throws IOException { // Compliant - package-private methods are not proxied by Spring
+  }
+
+  @Transactional
+  static class ClassLevelWithNonPublicMethods {
+    private void privateInClassLevel() throws IOException { // Compliant - private methods are not proxied
+    }
+
+    protected void protectedInClassLevel() throws IOException { // Compliant - protected methods are not proxied
+    }
+
+    void packagePrivateInClassLevel() throws IOException { // Compliant - package-private methods are not proxied
+    }
+
+    public void publicInClassLevel() throws IOException { // Noncompliant [[secondary=190]]
+//              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheck.java
index d44f2ef38e7..85c2cfce102 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/TransactionalMethodCheckedExceptionCheck.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.sonar.check.Rule;
 import org.sonar.java.checks.helpers.QuickFixHelper;
 import org.sonar.java.checks.helpers.SpringUtils;
+import org.sonar.java.model.ModifiersUtils;
 import org.sonar.java.reporting.JavaQuickFix;
 import org.sonar.java.reporting.JavaTextEdit;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.DependencyVersionAware;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.Arguments;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.ClassTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MethodTree;
+import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.Modifier;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.SyntaxToken;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.Tree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.TypeTree;
@@ -52,6 +54,11 @@ public List<Tree.Kind> nodesToVisit() {
   public void visitNode(Tree tree) {
     MethodTree method = (MethodTree) tree;
 
+    // @Transactional has no effect on non-public methods (Spring proxy-based AOP only intercepts public methods)
+    if (isNonPublicMethod(method)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     List<TypeTree> throwsClauses = method.throwsClauses();
     if (throwsClauses.isEmpty()) {
       return;
@@ -213,6 +220,19 @@ private static boolean hasRollbackConfiguration(AnnotationTree annotation) {
       });
   }
 
+  private static boolean isNonPublicMethod(MethodTree method) {
+    if (ModifiersUtils.hasModifier(method.modifiers(), Modifier.PRIVATE)
+      || ModifiersUtils.hasModifier(method.modifiers(), Modifier.PROTECTED)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    // Methods without an explicit access modifier are package-private in classes but implicitly public in interfaces
+    if (!ModifiersUtils.hasModifier(method.modifiers(), Modifier.PUBLIC)) {
+      Tree parent = method.parent();
+      return parent == null || !parent.is(Tree.Kind.INTERFACE);
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean isCompatibleWithDependencies(Function<String, Optional<Version>> dependencyFinder) {
     Optional<Version> springContextVersion = dependencyFinder.apply("spring-context");