diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 959da7ee4..e3c4e5750 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${io.opentelemetry.version}</version>
+            <version>2.21.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c036ff727..cf3bd1f2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<software.awssdk.version>2.35.6</software.awssdk.version>
 		<software.azure.cosmos.version>4.74.0</software.azure.cosmos.version>
 		<log4j.version>2.21.1</log4j.version>
-        <io.opentelemetry.version>1.28.0</io.opentelemetry.version>
+        <io.opentelemetry.version>1.56.0</io.opentelemetry.version>
         <org.bouncycastle.version>1.82</org.bouncycastle.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.15.1</commons-io.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>