diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 356d46d5d3673..ba164b1d7b12b 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
         <opentracing-jdbc.version>0.2.4</opentracing-jdbc.version>
         <opentracing-kafka.version>0.1.15</opentracing-kafka.version>
         <opentracing-mongo.version>0.1.5</opentracing-mongo.version>
-        <opentelemetry.version>1.15.0</opentelemetry.version>
-        <opentelemetry-alpha.version>1.15.0-alpha</opentelemetry-alpha.version>
+        <opentelemetry.version>1.16.0</opentelemetry.version>
+        <opentelemetry-alpha.version>1.16.0-alpha</opentelemetry-alpha.version>
         <jaeger.version>1.8.1</jaeger.version>
         <quarkus-http.version>4.1.9</quarkus-http.version>
         <micrometer.version>1.9.2</micrometer.version><!-- keep in sync with hdrhistogram -->
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/pom.xml
index 9244eba46d8df..870ee6479147b 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/opentelemetry/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>*</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
@@ -74,22 +68,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-api</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-annotation-support</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
+            <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations-support</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>