diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f6156741089..358c23fab28 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.14
 	go.dedis.ch/fixbuf v1.0.3
 	go.dedis.ch/kyber/v3 v3.1.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin v0.49.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin v0.51.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.46.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ca404242d88..22f0f892519 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1394,26 +1394,26 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin v0.49.0 h1:1f31+6grJmV3X4lxcEvUy13i5/kfDw1nJZwhd8mA4tg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin v0.49.0/go.mod h1:1P/02zM3OwkX9uki+Wmxw3a5GVb6KUXRsa7m7bOC9Fg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin v0.51.0 h1:YtDR4UCXpMJJb5Z5h5FD47uwL4NFxoJ6brW4FZ/+/5o=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin v0.51.0/go.mod h1:JWEIoUElJ0VTo4VaUTCJDr9yCKxJ5jtjN7lFl06cT6g=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.46.1 h1:SpGay3w+nEwMpfVnbqOLH5gY52/foP8RE8UzTZ1pdSE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.46.1/go.mod h1:4UoMYEZOC0yN/sPGH76KPkkU7zgiEWYWL9vwmbnTJPE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.24.0 h1:n4xwCdTx3pZqZs2CjS/CUZAs03y3dZcGhC/FepKtEUY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.24.0/go.mod h1:k5wRxKRU2uXx2F8uNJ4TaonuEO/V7/5xoz7kdsDACT8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0 h1:0LAOdjNmQeSTzGBzduGe/rU4tZhMwL5rWgtp9Ku5Jfo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0/go.mod h1:W7b9Ozg4nkF5tWI5zsXkaKKDjdVjpD4oAt9Qi/MArHo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.26.0 h1:wgFbVA+bK2k+fGVfDOCOG4cfDAoppyr5sI2dVlh8MWM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.26.0/go.mod h1:DDktFXxA+fyItAAM0Sbl5OBH7KOsCTjvbBdPKtoIf/k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0 h1:LQwgL5s/1W7YiiRwxf03QGnWLb2HW4pLiAhaA5cZXBs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0/go.mod h1:UmLkJHUAidDval2EICqBMbnAd0/m2vmpf/dAM+fvFs4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0 h1:cl5P5/GIfFh4t6xyruOgJP5QiA1pw4fYYdv6nc6CBWw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0/go.mod h1:zgBdWWAu7oEEMC06MMKc5NLbA/1YDXV1sMpSqEeLQLg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.21.0 h1:tIqheXEFWAZ7O8A7m+J0aPTmpJN3YQ7qetUAdkkkKpk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.21.0/go.mod h1:nUeKExfxAQVbiVFn32YXpXZZHZ61Cc3s3Rn1pDBGAb0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0 h1:6EhoGWWK28x1fbpA4tYTOWBkPefTDQnb8WSGXlc88kI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0/go.mod h1:VYhLe1rFfxuTXLgj4CBiyz+9WYBA8pNGJgDcSFRKBco=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 h1:7S39CLuY5Jgg9CrnA9HHiEjGMF/X2VHvoXGgSllRz30=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0/go.mod h1:SY+rHOI4cEawI9a7N1A4nIg/nTQXe1ccCNWYOJUrpX4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0 h1:FTt8qirL1EysG6sTQRZ5TokkU8d0ugCj8htOgThZXQ8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0/go.mod h1:Nna6Yv7PWTdgJHVRD9hIYywQBRx7pbox6nwBnZIxl/E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0 h1:smhI5oD714d6jHE6Tie36fPx4WDFIg+Y6RfAY4ICcR0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:FJ8RAsoPGv/wYMgBdUJXOm+6pzFY3YdljnXtv1SBE8Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 h1:CsKnnL4dUAr/0llH9FKuc698G04IrpWV0MQA/Y1YELI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0/go.mod h1:HPc3Xr/cOApsBI154IU0OI0HJexz+aw5uPdbs3UCjNU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0 h1:1ieeAUb4y0TE26jUFrCIXKpTuVK7uJGN9/Z/2LP5sQA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0/go.mod h1:4iDxvGDQuUkHve82hJJ8UqrwswHYsZuWCBllGV2U2y0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 h1:T0TX0tmXU8a3CbNXzEKGeU5mIVOdf0oykP+u2lIVU/I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Sy6pihPLfYHkr3NkUbEhGHFhINUSI/v80hjKIs5JXpM=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=