diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 23a7866..a941b4d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <inceptionYear>2022</inceptionYear>
-        <opentelemetry.java.version>1.49.0</opentelemetry.java.version>
+        <opentelemetry.java.version>1.56.0</opentelemetry.java.version>
         <opentelemetry.semconv.version>1.32.0</opentelemetry.semconv.version>
         <opentelemetry.java.instrumentation.version>2.15.0</opentelemetry.java.instrumentation.version>
         <version.mp.rest.client>4.0</version.mp.rest.client>