diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index e6bce9cbd053..5b89e65fb0e2 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
     <jai-imageio.version>1.1.1</jai-imageio.version>
     <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
     <semver4j.version>3.1.0</semver4j.version>
-    <opentelemetry.version>2.5.0</opentelemetry.version>
+    <opentelemetry.version>2.8.0</opentelemetry.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>