diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index fff0c7905..9b3bcd8ee 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/io.netty/netty-transport/4.1.110.Final, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-
 maven/mavencentral/io.netty/netty-transport/4.1.111.Final, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT, approved, CQ20926
 maven/mavencentral/io.netty/netty-transport/4.1.86.Final, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT, approved, CQ20926
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry.instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11684
-maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry.javaagent/opentelemetry-javaagent/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, restricted, clearlydefined
+maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry.javaagent/opentelemetry-javaagent/2.6.0, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11682
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-context/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11683
 maven/mavencentral/io.projectreactor.netty/reactor-netty-core/1.0.45, Apache-2.0, approved, #9687
diff --git a/edc-tests/edc-dataplane/cloud-transfer-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/dataplane/transfer/test/RuntimeConfig.java b/edc-tests/edc-dataplane/cloud-transfer-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/dataplane/transfer/test/RuntimeConfig.java
index bf6b5542b..5c14a7882 100644
--- a/edc-tests/edc-dataplane/cloud-transfer-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/dataplane/transfer/test/RuntimeConfig.java
+++ b/edc-tests/edc-dataplane/cloud-transfer-tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/edc/dataplane/transfer/test/RuntimeConfig.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public static Map<String, String> baseConfig(String controlPath, int controlPort
                 put("edc.iam.sts.oauth.client.secret.alias", "test-clientid-alias");
                 put("tx.edc.iam.sts.dim.url", "http://sts.example.com");
                 put("tx.edc.iam.iatp.bdrs.server.url", "http://sts.example.com");
+                put("edc.transfer.proxy.token.verifier.publickey.alias", "not-used-but-mandatory");
+                put("edc.transfer.proxy.token.signer.privatekey.alias", "not-used-but-mandatory");
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 62528b4e2..9e2abd1fa 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jupiter = "5.10.3"
 nimbus = "9.40"
 netty-mockserver = "5.15.0"
 okhttp = "4.12.0"
-opentelemetry = "1.32.0"
+opentelemetry = "2.6.0"
 postgres = "42.7.3"
 restAssured = "5.5.0"
 rsApi = "4.0.0"