diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-processor/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-processor/build.gradle
index 2df90630d8..cf548e07e5 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 libs.caffeine
-    testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.25.3'
+    testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.0'
 }
 
 jacocoTestCoverageVerification {