diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index dc850a752b6af..aa74178c32ee8 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <opentracing-mongo.version>0.1.5</opentracing-mongo.version>
         <opentelemetry.version>1.32.0</opentelemetry.version>
         <opentelemetry-alpha.version>1.32.0-alpha</opentelemetry-alpha.version>
-        <opentelemetry-semconv.version>1.21.0-alpha</opentelemetry-semconv.version> <!-- keep in sync with opentelemetry-java-instrumentation in the alpha bom-->
+        <opentelemetry-semconv.version>1.26.0-alpha</opentelemetry-semconv.version> <!-- keep in sync with opentelemetry-java-instrumentation in the alpha bom-->
         <quarkus-http.version>5.3.0</quarkus-http.version>
         <micrometer.version>1.12.5</micrometer.version><!-- keep in sync with hdrhistogram -->
         <hdrhistogram.version>2.1.12</hdrhistogram.version><!-- keep in sync with micrometer -->