diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afa5b0c03e..e0af0e46f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <zstd.jni.version>1.5.7-6</zstd.jni.version>
     <micrometer.version>1.15.5</micrometer.version>
     <micrometer.tracing.version>1.5.5</micrometer.tracing.version>
-    <otel.version>1.55.0</otel.version>     <!-- already used elsewhere -->
+    <otel.version>1.56.0</otel.version>     <!-- already used elsewhere -->
     <commons-compress.version>1.26.2</commons-compress.version>
   </properties>