diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb48af2705..6a411d518e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
         <selenium-htmlunit.version>4.10.0</selenium-htmlunit.version>
         <selenium.version>4.10.0</selenium.version>
         <jmeter-plugins-webdriver.version>4.10.0</jmeter-plugins-webdriver.version>
-        <opentelemetry.version>1.24.0</opentelemetry.version>
         <oracle-database.version>19.7.0.0</oracle-database.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.8.0</zookeeper.version>
         <commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>