diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
index 1b1eb4f380..8fc450f6ea 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from functools import wraps
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk import isolation_scope
@@ -12,7 +13,10 @@
     _patch_redbeat_apply_async,
     _setup_celery_beat_signals,
 )
-from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery.utils import _now_seconds_since_epoch
+from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery.utils import (
+    _now_seconds_since_epoch,
+    _get_driver_type_from_url_scheme,
+)
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import ignore_logger
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import BAGGAGE_HEADER_NAME, TransactionSource
 from sentry_sdk.tracing_utils import Baggage
@@ -392,11 +396,12 @@ def _inner(*args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") -> "Any":
                     )
 
                 with capture_internal_exceptions():
-                    with task.app.connection() as conn:
-                        span.set_data(
-                            SPANDATA.MESSAGING_SYSTEM,
-                            conn.transport.driver_type,
-                        )
+                    task_broker_url = task.app.conf.broker_url
+
+                    scheme = urlparse(task_broker_url).scheme
+                    driver_type = _get_driver_type_from_url_scheme(scheme)
+
+                    span.set_data(SPANDATA.MESSAGING_SYSTEM, driver_type)
 
                 return f(*args, **kwargs)
         except Exception:
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/utils.py
index f9378558c1..69ceb3613e 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery/utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,34 @@ def _get_humanized_interval(seconds: float) -> "Tuple[int, MonitorConfigSchedule
     return (int(seconds), "second")
 
 
+def _get_driver_type_from_url_scheme(scheme) -> str:
+    # Source: https://github.com/celery/kombu/blob/5cbdaf97131d8a3de005f1355b567b0d60224829/kombu/transport/__init__.py#L21-L48
+    url_scheme_to_driver_type_mapping = {
+        "amqp": "amqp",
+        "amqps": "amqp",
+        "confluentkafka": "kafka",
+        "kafka": "kafka",
+        "memory": "memory",
+        "redis": "redis",
+        "rediss": "redis",
+        "SQS": "sqs",
+        "sqs": "sqs",
+        "mongodb": "mongodb",
+        "zookeeper": "zookeeper",
+        "filesystem": "filesystem",
+        "qpid": "qpid",
+        "sentinel": "redis",
+        "consul": "consul",
+        "etcd": "etcd",
+        "pyro": "pyro",
+        "gcpubsub": "gcpubsub",
+    }
+
+    # "N/A" is set as the fallback value in Kombu when a `driver_type`
+    # is not set on the Kombu Transport class itself.
+    return url_scheme_to_driver_type_mapping.get(scheme, "N/A")
+
+
 class NoOpMgr:
     def __enter__(self) -> None:
         return None
diff --git a/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py b/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
index b8fc2bb3e8..cf5f71aef5 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
@@ -689,8 +689,17 @@ def task(): ...
     assert span["data"]["messaging.message.retry.count"] == 3
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("system", ("redis", "amqp"))
-def test_messaging_system(system, init_celery, capture_events):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "system,expected_driver_type",
+    [
+        ("redis", "redis"),
+        ("rediss", "redis"),
+        ("amqp", "amqp"),
+        ("amqps", "amqp"),
+        ("slmq", "N/A"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_messaging_system(system, expected_driver_type, init_celery, capture_events):
     celery = init_celery(enable_tracing=True)
     events = capture_events()
 
@@ -704,7 +713,7 @@ def task(): ...
 
     (event,) = events
     (span,) = event["spans"]
-    assert span["data"]["messaging.system"] == system
+    assert span["data"]["messaging.system"] == expected_driver_type
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("system", ("amqp", "redis"))