diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-processor/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-processor/build.gradle
index 6d9994abbb..7330ca52b2 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-processor/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-processor/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml'
     implementation 'com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.1.8'
-    testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.25.3'
+    testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.26.0'
     testImplementation testLibs.mockito.inline
 }