diff --git a/tests/Dockerfile b/tests/Dockerfile
index 06d7661..c0ce838 100644
--- a/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.6
 # this is here so we can grab the latest version of the collector and have dependabot keep it up to date
-FROM otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.88.0
+FROM otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.96.0