diff --git a/fabric-chaincode-shim/build.gradle b/fabric-chaincode-shim/build.gradle
index 0a4e9f42..f8ecc6cc 100644
--- a/fabric-chaincode-shim/build.gradle
+++ b/fabric-chaincode-shim/build.gradle
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp'
     implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators'
     implementation 'io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.32.0'
-    implementation 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-grpc-1.6:2.16.0-alpha'
+    implementation 'io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-grpc-1.6:2.18.1-alpha'
 }
 
 sourceSets {