diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index baa6ea38b31..456a26b22a2 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
       // fails on them, which blocks unrelated patch updates
       matchDepNames: [
         'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm',
+        'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin',
       ],
       schedule: [
         '* 0-7 * * 2', // weekly, before 8am on Tuesday
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index c9e71908822..9cce39742ca 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation("biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.gradle:7.2.3")
+  implementation("biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.gradle:7.3.0")
   implementation(enforcedPlatform("com.squareup.wire:wire-bom:6.4.0"))
   implementation("com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.11.1")
   // When updating, update above in plugins too
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("me.champeau.gradle:japicmp-gradle-plugin:0.4.6")
   implementation("me.champeau.jmh:jmh-gradle-plugin:0.7.3")
   implementation("net.ltgt.gradle:gradle-errorprone-plugin:5.1.0")
-  implementation("net.ltgt.gradle:gradle-nullaway-plugin:3.0.0")
+  implementation("net.ltgt.gradle:gradle-nullaway-plugin:3.1.0")
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:2.3.21")
   implementation("org.sonatype.gradle.plugins:scan-gradle-plugin:3.1.5")
   implementation("ru.vyarus:gradle-animalsniffer-plugin:2.0.1")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.jacoco-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.jacoco-conventions.gradle.kts
index 2d73cb1c533..e9a5bc2432a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.jacoco-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.jacoco-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 jacoco {
-  toolVersion = "0.8.14"
+  toolVersion = "0.8.15"
 }
 
 // https://docs.gradle.org/current/samples/sample_jvm_multi_project_with_code_coverage.html
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
index 105f2775057..c98953d9a15 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ java {
 
 checkstyle {
   configDirectory.set(file("$rootDir/buildscripts/"))
-  toolVersion = "13.4.2"
+  toolVersion = "13.5.0"
   isIgnoreFailures = false
   configProperties["rootDir"] = rootDir
 }
diff --git a/context/src/grpcInOtelTest/java/io/grpc/override/ContextStorageOverride.java b/context/src/grpcInOtelTest/java/io/grpc/override/ContextStorageOverride.java
index b30df462eb9..c3c83f32f39 100644
--- a/context/src/grpcInOtelTest/java/io/grpc/override/ContextStorageOverride.java
+++ b/context/src/grpcInOtelTest/java/io/grpc/override/ContextStorageOverride.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class ContextStorageOverride extends Context.Storage {
   private static final ContextKey<Context> GRPC_CONTEXT = ContextKey.named("grpc-context");
   private static final Context.Key<Scope> OTEL_SCOPE = Context.key("otel-scope");
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("MustBeClosedChecker")
+  @SuppressWarnings({"MustBeClosedChecker", "ReferenceEquality"})
   @Override
   public Context doAttach(Context toAttach) {
     io.opentelemetry.context.Context otelContext = io.opentelemetry.context.Context.current();
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public Context doAttach(Context toAttach) {
   }
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public void detach(Context toDetach, Context toRestore) {
     if (current() != toDetach) {
       // Log a severe message instead of throwing an exception as the context to attach is assumed
diff --git a/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ArrayBasedContext.java b/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ArrayBasedContext.java
index ba3f22559eb..53f261caedb 100644
--- a/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ArrayBasedContext.java
+++ b/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ArrayBasedContext.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ private ArrayBasedContext(Object[] entries) {
 
   @Override
   @Nullable
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public <V> V get(ContextKey<V> key) {
     for (int i = 0; i < entries.length; i += 2) {
       if (entries[i] == key) {
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public <V> V get(ContextKey<V> key) {
   }
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public <V> Context with(ContextKey<V> key, V value) {
     for (int i = 0; i < entries.length; i += 2) {
       if (entries[i] == key) {
diff --git a/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ThreadLocalContextStorage.java b/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ThreadLocalContextStorage.java
index 917eed2e088..784f6ba6eaa 100644
--- a/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ThreadLocalContextStorage.java
+++ b/context/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/context/ThreadLocalContextStorage.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ enum ThreadLocalContextStorage implements ContextStorage {
   private static final ThreadLocal<Context> THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE = new ThreadLocal<>();
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public Scope attach(Context toAttach) {
     if (toAttach == null) {
       // Null context not allowed so ignore it.
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ private ScopeImpl(@Nullable Context beforeAttach, Context toAttach) {
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
     public void close() {
       if (!closed && current() == toAttach) {
         closed = true;
diff --git a/context/src/otelAsBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java b/context/src/otelAsBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java
index 416176aa56d..7bc42667374 100644
--- a/context/src/otelAsBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java
+++ b/context/src/otelAsBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ private static class BraveContextValues {
       this.values = values;
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
     Object getValue(Object key) {
       for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i += 2) {
         if (values[i] == key) {
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ Object getValue(Object key) {
       return null;
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
     BraveContextValues with(Object key, Object value) {
       Object[] copy;
       for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i += 2) {
diff --git a/context/src/otelInBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java b/context/src/otelInBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java
index e138c6a714d..ed1f5a7bf9a 100644
--- a/context/src/otelInBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java
+++ b/context/src/otelInBraveTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/BraveContextStorageProvider.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static final class BraveContextWrapper implements Context {
       this.delegate = delegate;
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
     TraceContext toBraveContext() {
       if (fromBraveContext(baseBraveContext) == delegate) {
         return baseBraveContext;
diff --git a/context/src/otelInGrpcTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/GrpcContextStorageProvider.java b/context/src/otelInGrpcTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/GrpcContextStorageProvider.java
index 828b90fb391..1fbfbb24c6e 100644
--- a/context/src/otelInGrpcTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/GrpcContextStorageProvider.java
+++ b/context/src/otelInGrpcTest/java/io/opentelemetry/context/GrpcContextStorageProvider.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ private enum GrpcContextStorage implements ContextStorage {
     INSTANCE;
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
     public Scope attach(Context toAttach) {
       io.grpc.Context grpcContext = io.grpc.Context.current();
       Context current = OTEL_CONTEXT.get(grpcContext);
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ private static GrpcContextWrapper wrapperFromGrpc(io.grpc.Context grpcContext) {
       return new GrpcContextWrapper(grpcContext, OTEL_CONTEXT.get(grpcContext));
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
     private io.grpc.Context toGrpcContext() {
       if (OTEL_CONTEXT.get(baseGrpcContext) == context) {
         // No changes to the wrapper
diff --git a/custom-checks/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/gradle/customchecks/OtelPrivateConstructorForUtilityClass.java b/custom-checks/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/gradle/customchecks/OtelPrivateConstructorForUtilityClass.java
index 08b538588e5..0f6a67a1798 100644
--- a/custom-checks/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/gradle/customchecks/OtelPrivateConstructorForUtilityClass.java
+++ b/custom-checks/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/gradle/customchecks/OtelPrivateConstructorForUtilityClass.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class OtelPrivateConstructorForUtilityClass extends BugChecker
   @Override
   public Description matchClass(ClassTree tree, VisitorState state) {
     Description description = delegate.matchClass(tree, state);
-    if (description == NO_MATCH) {
+    if (description.equals(NO_MATCH)) {
       return description;
     }
     return describeMatch(tree);
diff --git a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
index 374f7e9e806..e518dd7355e 100644
--- a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ rootProject.extra["versions"] = dependencyVersions
 
 
 val autoValueVersion = "1.11.1"
-val errorProneVersion = "2.49.0"
+val errorProneVersion = "2.50.0"
 val jmhVersion = "1.37"
 // Mockito 5.x.x requires Java 11 https://github.com/mockito/mockito/releases/tag/v5.0.0
 val mockitoVersion = "4.11.0"
 val slf4jVersion = "2.0.18"
 val opencensusVersion = "0.31.1"
 val prometheusServerVersion = "1.5.1"
-val armeriaVersion = "1.39.0"
+val armeriaVersion = "1.39.1"
 val junitVersion = "5.14.4"
 val junitPlatformVersion = "1.14.4"
-val okhttpVersion = "5.3.2"
+val okhttpVersion = "5.4.0"
 
 val DEPENDENCY_BOMS = listOf(
   // for some reason boms show up as runtime dependencies in license and vulnerability scans
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ val DEPENDENCY_BOMS = listOf(
   // (which is EPL licensed) or armeria bom (which is Apache licensed but is getting flagged
   // by FOSSA for containing EPL-licensed)
 
-  "com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.21.3",
+  "com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.22.0",
   "com.google.guava:guava-bom:33.6.0-jre",
   "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom:4.35.0",
   "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-bom:$okhttpVersion",
   "com.squareup.okio:okio-bom:3.17.0", // applies to transitive dependencies of okhttp
-  "io.grpc:grpc-bom:1.81.0",
-  "io.netty:netty-bom:4.2.14.Final",
+  "io.grpc:grpc-bom:1.82.0",
+  "io.netty:netty-bom:4.2.15.Final",
   "io.zipkin.brave:brave-bom:6.3.1",
   "io.zipkin.reporter2:zipkin-reporter-bom:3.5.3",
   "org.assertj:assertj-bom:3.27.7",
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ val DEPENDENCIES = listOf(
   "io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-no-protobuf:${prometheusServerVersion}",
   "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2",
   "com.github.stefanbirkner:system-rules:1.19.0",
-  "com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.71.0",
+  "com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.72.0",
   "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2",
   "com.google.guava:guava-beta-checker:1.0",
   "com.sun.net.httpserver:http:20070405",
   "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:$okhttpVersion",
   "com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5:1.4.2",
-  "com.uber.nullaway:nullaway:0.13.4",
+  "com.uber.nullaway:nullaway:0.13.6",
   "edu.berkeley.cs.jqf:jqf-fuzz:1.7", // jqf-fuzz version 1.8+ requires Java 11+
   "eu.rekawek.toxiproxy:toxiproxy-java:2.1.11",
   "io.github.crac:org-crac:0.1.3",
diff --git a/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java b/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java
index 6c45ee0d696..a3e4e262a7e 100644
--- a/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java
+++ b/exporters/logging-otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/logging/otlp/internal/writer/StreamJsonWriter.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public CompletableResultCode flush() {
     }
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("SystemOut")
+  @SuppressWarnings({"SystemOut", "ReferenceEquality"})
   @Override
   public CompletableResultCode close() {
     if (outputStream == System.out || outputStream == System.err) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public String toString() {
     return "StreamJsonWriter{" + "outputStream=" + getName(outputStream) + '}';
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("SystemOut")
+  @SuppressWarnings({"SystemOut", "ReferenceEquality"})
   private static String getName(OutputStream outputStream) {
     if (outputStream == System.out) {
       return "stdout";
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarMarshaler.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarMarshaler.java
index 44bab9e6e63..44ad6fb5bc1 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarMarshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarMarshaler.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ private ExemplarMarshaler(
   }
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public void writeTo(Serializer output) throws IOException {
     output.serializeFixed64(Exemplar.TIME_UNIX_NANO, timeUnixNano);
     if (valueField == Exemplar.AS_INT) {
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public void writeTo(Serializer output) throws IOException {
     output.serializeRepeatedMessage(Exemplar.FILTERED_ATTRIBUTES, filteredAttributeMarshalers);
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   private static int calculateSize(
       long timeUnixNano,
       ProtoFieldInfo valueField,
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarStatelessMarshaler.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarStatelessMarshaler.java
index 70259467b37..356b917702f 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarStatelessMarshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/ExemplarStatelessMarshaler.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ final class ExemplarStatelessMarshaler implements StatelessMarshaler<ExemplarDat
   private ExemplarStatelessMarshaler() {}
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public void writeTo(Serializer output, ExemplarData exemplar, MarshalerContext context)
       throws IOException {
     output.serializeFixed64(Exemplar.TIME_UNIX_NANO, exemplar.getEpochNanos());
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public void writeTo(Serializer output, ExemplarData exemplar, MarshalerContext c
   }
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public int getBinarySerializedSize(ExemplarData exemplar, MarshalerContext context) {
     int size = 0;
     size += MarshalerUtil.sizeFixed64(Exemplar.TIME_UNIX_NANO, exemplar.getEpochNanos());
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointMarshaler.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointMarshaler.java
index 7edd3a76a8f..318130da80a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointMarshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointMarshaler.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ private NumberDataPointMarshaler(
   }
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public void writeTo(Serializer output) throws IOException {
     output.serializeFixed64(NumberDataPoint.START_TIME_UNIX_NANO, startTimeUnixNano);
     output.serializeFixed64(NumberDataPoint.TIME_UNIX_NANO, timeUnixNano);
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public void writeTo(Serializer output) throws IOException {
     output.serializeRepeatedMessage(NumberDataPoint.ATTRIBUTES, attributes);
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   private static int calculateSize(
       long startTimeUnixNano,
       long timeUnixNano,
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java
index c907d59a7e7..40bfd2304d0 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/otlp/metrics/NumberDataPointStatelessMarshaler.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ final class NumberDataPointStatelessMarshaler implements StatelessMarshaler<Poin
   private NumberDataPointStatelessMarshaler() {}
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public void writeTo(Serializer output, PointData point, MarshalerContext context)
       throws IOException {
     output.serializeFixed64(NumberDataPoint.START_TIME_UNIX_NANO, point.getStartEpochNanos());
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public void writeTo(Serializer output, PointData point, MarshalerContext context
   }
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public int getBinarySerializedSize(PointData point, MarshalerContext context) {
     int size = 0;
     size +=
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/profiles/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/profiles/ProfilesRequestMarshaler.java b/exporters/otlp/profiles/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/profiles/ProfilesRequestMarshaler.java
index ae1f3cc905e..9cc48b7e0a0 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/profiles/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/profiles/ProfilesRequestMarshaler.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/profiles/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/profiles/ProfilesRequestMarshaler.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public final class ProfilesRequestMarshaler extends MarshalerWithSize {
    * Returns a {@link ProfilesRequestMarshaler} that can be used to convert the provided {@link
    * ProfileData} into a serialized OTLP ExportProfilesServiceRequest.
    */
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public static ProfilesRequestMarshaler create(Collection<ProfileData> profileList) {
     // Verify all profiles in batch have identical dictionary
     ProfilesDictionaryData profilesDictionaryData = null;
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/CollectorIntegrationTest.java b/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/CollectorIntegrationTest.java
index 64f03715087..96da139d9a7 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/CollectorIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/CollectorIntegrationTest.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 class CollectorIntegrationTest {
 
   private static final String COLLECTOR_IMAGE =
-      "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.153.0@sha256:93aad750175cbf1a973ae1c5886c3371f4d800f61be25cdd26870b8441ffe9fa";
+      "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.154.0@sha256:b3079f45e19bdb7326bf49cdddce6cf60dfd865138db39f2733ea48ab17bc4cb";
 
   private static final Integer COLLECTOR_HEALTH_CHECK_PORT = 13133;
 
diff --git a/extensions/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/extensions/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 5d49535a159..5ecd2e8e299 100644
--- a/extensions/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/extensions/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ tasks {
   withType(KotlinJvmCompile::class) {
     compilerOptions {
       jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.JVM_1_8)
-      apiVersion.set(KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_9)
+      apiVersion.set(KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_2_2)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/integrationtest/OtlpExporterIntegrationTest.java b/integration-tests/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/integrationtest/OtlpExporterIntegrationTest.java
index bfb8441a88f..e8ca7ec0124 100644
--- a/integration-tests/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/integrationtest/OtlpExporterIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/integrationtest/OtlpExporterIntegrationTest.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ abstract class OtlpExporterIntegrationTest {
   private static final AttributeKey<String> SERVICE_NAME = AttributeKey.stringKey("service.name");
 
   private static final String COLLECTOR_IMAGE =
-      "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.153.0@sha256:93aad750175cbf1a973ae1c5886c3371f4d800f61be25cdd26870b8441ffe9fa";
+      "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.154.0@sha256:b3079f45e19bdb7326bf49cdddce6cf60dfd865138db39f2733ea48ab17bc4cb";
 
   private static final Integer COLLECTOR_OTLP_GRPC_PORT = 4317;
   private static final Integer COLLECTOR_OTLP_HTTP_PORT = 4318;
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index ce0e19a8d1f..b8c1d5a162b 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tools]
 
 # Linters
-"aqua:grafana/flint" = "0.22.4"
+"aqua:grafana/flint" = "0.22.5"
 lychee = "0.24.2"
 
 [env]
diff --git a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/Propagation.java b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/Propagation.java
index a9cc5636e90..4188bb0fee7 100644
--- a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/Propagation.java
+++ b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/Propagation.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ <C> SpanContextShim extractTextMap(Format<C> format, TextMapExtract carrier) {
   }
 
   // Visible for testing
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   <C> TextMapPropagator getPropagator(Format<C> format) {
     if (format == Format.Builtin.HTTP_HEADERS) {
       return httpPropagator;
diff --git a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/ScopeManagerShim.java b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/ScopeManagerShim.java
index 410c662020f..4b69eccc5fb 100644
--- a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/ScopeManagerShim.java
+++ b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/ScopeManagerShim.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ final class ScopeManagerShim implements ScopeManager {
 
   @Override
   @Nullable
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public Span activeSpan() {
     SpanShim spanShim = SpanShim.current();
     io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span span = io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span.current();
diff --git a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java
index 8f3ba836328..f275e841855 100644
--- a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java
+++ b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public SpanBuilder buildSpan(String operationName) {
   }
 
   @Override
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public <C> void inject(SpanContext context, Format<C> format, C carrier) {
     if (context == null) {
       logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Cannot inject a null span context.");
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ public <C> void inject(SpanContext context, Format<C> format, C carrier) {
 
   @Override
   @Nullable
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public <C> SpanContext extract(Format<C> format, C carrier) {
     try {
       if (format == Format.Builtin.TEXT_MAP
diff --git a/perf-harness/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/perf/OtlpPipelineStressTest.java b/perf-harness/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/perf/OtlpPipelineStressTest.java
index b8dc1c9aa8b..962e3400f5d 100644
--- a/perf-harness/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/perf/OtlpPipelineStressTest.java
+++ b/perf-harness/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/perf/OtlpPipelineStressTest.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class OtlpPipelineStressTest {
   public static final GenericContainer<?> collectorContainer =
       new GenericContainer<>(
               DockerImageName.parse(
-                  "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.153.0@sha256:93aad750175cbf1a973ae1c5886c3371f4d800f61be25cdd26870b8441ffe9fa"))
+                  "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.154.0@sha256:b3079f45e19bdb7326bf49cdddce6cf60dfd865138db39f2733ea48ab17bc4cb"))
           .withImagePullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull())
           .withNetwork(network)
           .withNetworkAliases("otel-collector")
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure-spi/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/spi/Ordered.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure-spi/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/spi/Ordered.java
index 9477ebbd104..e2182b08a40 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure-spi/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/spi/Ordered.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure-spi/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/spi/Ordered.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ default int order() {
   static <T extends Ordered> List<T> loadOrderedList(
       ComponentLoader componentLoader, Class<T> spiClass) {
     List<T> result = new ArrayList<>(ComponentLoader.loadList(componentLoader, spiClass));
-    result.sort(Comparator.comparing(Ordered::order));
+    result.sort(Comparator.comparingInt(Ordered::order));
     return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LogRecordExporterConfiguration.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LogRecordExporterConfiguration.java
index b57b98d3c8b..fa8729fcdaf 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LogRecordExporterConfiguration.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LogRecordExporterConfiguration.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ final class LogRecordExporterConfiguration {
     EXPORTER_ARTIFACT_ID_BY_NAME.put("otlp", "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp");
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   static Map<String, LogRecordExporter> configureLogRecordExporters(
       ConfigProperties config,
       SpiHelper spiHelper,
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LoggerProviderConfiguration.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LoggerProviderConfiguration.java
index d2ee66685a5..c1373166da4 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LoggerProviderConfiguration.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/LoggerProviderConfiguration.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ final class LoggerProviderConfiguration {
   private static final List<String> simpleProcessorExporterNames =
       Arrays.asList("console", "logging");
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   static void configureLoggerProvider(
       SdkLoggerProviderBuilder loggerProviderBuilder,
       ConfigProperties config,
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java
index c2a63569812..a57d5e9fc68 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ final class MetricExporterConfiguration {
     READER_ARTIFACT_ID_BY_NAME.put("prometheus", "opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus");
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   static MetricReader configureReader(
       String name,
       ConfigProperties config,
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/SpanExporterConfiguration.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/SpanExporterConfiguration.java
index 74e6457125c..1cb0f84181c 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/SpanExporterConfiguration.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/SpanExporterConfiguration.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ final class SpanExporterConfiguration {
   }
 
   // Visible for testing
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   static Map<String, SpanExporter> configureSpanExporters(
       ConfigProperties config,
       SpiHelper spiHelper,
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/TracerProviderConfiguration.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/TracerProviderConfiguration.java
index 8a5bde466a2..3ca75b483d3 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/TracerProviderConfiguration.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/TracerProviderConfiguration.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ final class TracerProviderConfiguration {
   private static final List<String> simpleProcessorExporterNames =
       Arrays.asList("console", "logging");
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   static void configureTracerProvider(
       SdkTracerProviderBuilder tracerProviderBuilder,
       ConfigProperties config,
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/declarative-config/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/declarativeconfig/DeclarativeConfigurationBuilder.java b/sdk-extensions/declarative-config/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/declarativeconfig/DeclarativeConfigurationBuilder.java
index e9c762be85b..51904dcfcc9 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/declarative-config/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/declarativeconfig/DeclarativeConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/declarative-config/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/declarativeconfig/DeclarativeConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -87,13 +87,14 @@ static class Customizer<T> {
     private final Class<? extends T> exporterType;
     private final BiFunction<T, DeclarativeConfigProperties, T> customizer;
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "ReferenceEquality"})
     <E extends T> Customizer(
         Class<E> exporterType, BiFunction<E, DeclarativeConfigProperties, E> customizer) {
       this.exporterType = exporterType;
       this.customizer = (BiFunction<T, DeclarativeConfigProperties, T>) customizer;
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
     T maybeCustomize(T exporter, String name, DeclarativeConfigProperties properties) {
       if (!exporterType.isInstance(exporter)) {
         return exporter;
diff --git a/sdk/all/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/MetricRecordBenchmark.java b/sdk/all/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/MetricRecordBenchmark.java
index a417fd72b3b..d3e8d50f435 100644
--- a/sdk/all/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/MetricRecordBenchmark.java
+++ b/sdk/all/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/MetricRecordBenchmark.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public static class BenchmarkState {
     boolean exemplars = false;
 
     OpenTelemetrySdk openTelemetry;
-    Instrument instrument;
+    private Instrument instrument;
     List<Long> measurements;
     List<Attributes> attributesList;
     Span span;
diff --git a/sdk/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/Resource.java b/sdk/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/Resource.java
index c406ef87a5e..25003b6ba73 100644
--- a/sdk/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/Resource.java
+++ b/sdk/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/Resource.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public <T> T getAttribute(AttributeKey<T> key) {
    * @return the newly merged {@code Resource}.
    */
   public Resource merge(@Nullable Resource other) {
-    if (other == null || other == EMPTY) {
+    if (other == null || other.equals(EMPTY)) {
       return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/MetricAdviceBenchmark.java b/sdk/metrics/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/MetricAdviceBenchmark.java
index 66c1a830607..674e076705b 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/MetricAdviceBenchmark.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/MetricAdviceBenchmark.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void record(long value) {
       this.instrument = instrument;
     }
 
-    Instrument instrument() {
+    private Instrument instrument() {
       return instrument;
     }
   }
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeter.java b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeter.java
index eca95a84d7e..913be6e7093 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeter.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeter.java
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ boolean isMeterEnabled() {
   }
 
   /** Registers new synchronous storage associated with a given instrument. */
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   WriteableMetricStorage registerSynchronousMetricStorage(InstrumentDescriptor instrument) {
 
     List<SynchronousMetricStorage> registeredStorages = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -299,6 +300,7 @@ WriteableMetricStorage registerSynchronousMetricStorage(InstrumentDescriptor ins
   }
 
   /** Register new asynchronous storage associated with a given instrument. */
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   SdkObservableMeasurement registerObservableMeasurement(
       InstrumentDescriptor instrumentDescriptor) {
     List<AsynchronousMetricStorage<?>> registeredStorages = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/DeltaSynchronousMetricStorage.java b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/DeltaSynchronousMetricStorage.java
index 01bb4ea697f..78403b565d6 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/DeltaSynchronousMetricStorage.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/DeltaSynchronousMetricStorage.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private DeltaAggregatorHandle<T> acquireHandleForRecord(Attributes attributes, C
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  DeltaAggregatorHandle<T> tryAcquireHandleForRecord(
+  private DeltaAggregatorHandle<T> tryAcquireHandleForRecord(
       AggregatorHolder<T> holder, Attributes attributes, Context context) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(attributes, "attributes");
     attributes = attributesProcessor.process(attributes, context);
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/MetricStorageRegistry.java b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/MetricStorageRegistry.java
index 34bfd577a86..9ebb3538f47 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/MetricStorageRegistry.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/MetricStorageRegistry.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public Collection<MetricStorage> getStorages() {
    * @return the {@code newStorage} if no compatible metric is already registered, otherwise the
    *     previously registered storage.
    */
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "ReferenceEquality"})
   public <I extends MetricStorage> I register(I newStorage) {
     MetricDescriptor descriptor = newStorage.getMetricDescriptor();
     I oldOrNewStorage;
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/SynchronousMetricStorage.java b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/SynchronousMetricStorage.java
index 38c9552cbe0..1b2d8e4eb10 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/SynchronousMetricStorage.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/state/SynchronousMetricStorage.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static SynchronousMetricStorage empty() {
    * @return The storage, or {@link EmptyMetricStorage#empty()} if the instrument should not be
    *     recorded.
    */
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   static <T extends PointData> SynchronousMetricStorage create(
       RegisteredReader registeredReader,
       RegisteredView registeredView,
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/view/AttributesProcessor.java b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/view/AttributesProcessor.java
index 6ba0cb8a99f..8b45b23d868 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/view/AttributesProcessor.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/internal/view/AttributesProcessor.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public abstract class AttributesProcessor {
   public abstract boolean usesContext();
 
   /** Joins this attribute processor with another that operates after this one. */
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   public AttributesProcessor then(AttributesProcessor other) {
     if (other == NOOP) {
       return this;
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SynchronousInstrumentStressTest.java b/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SynchronousInstrumentStressTest.java
index dd03d1a7df5..eb3c1133640 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SynchronousInstrumentStressTest.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SynchronousInstrumentStressTest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void stressTest(
     }
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("ThreadPriorityCheck")
+  @SuppressWarnings({"ThreadPriorityCheck", "ReferenceEquality"})
   private void stressTestOnce(
       AggregationTemporality aggregationTemporality,
       InstrumentType instrumentType,
diff --git a/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/assertj/TracesAssert.java b/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/assertj/TracesAssert.java
index d4c936fe5b2..df0f6038cf7 100644
--- a/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/assertj/TracesAssert.java
+++ b/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/assertj/TracesAssert.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public final class TracesAssert
 
   /** Compare spans by start time, placing parents before their children as a tiebreaker. */
   static final Comparator<SpanData> SPAN_DATA_COMPARATOR =
-      Comparator.comparing(SpanData::getStartEpochNanos)
+      Comparator.comparingLong(SpanData::getStartEpochNanos)
           .thenComparing(
               (span1, span2) -> {
                 SpanContext parent1 = span1.getParentSpanContext();
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/ExporterBenchmark.java b/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/ExporterBenchmark.java
index e8d9b3b90d5..7ff4225894a 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/ExporterBenchmark.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/ExporterBenchmark.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ private ExporterBenchmark() {}
   public abstract static class AbstractProcessorBenchmark {
     private static final DockerImageName OTLP_COLLECTOR_IMAGE =
         DockerImageName.parse(
-            "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.153.0@sha256:93aad750175cbf1a973ae1c5886c3371f4d800f61be25cdd26870b8441ffe9fa");
+            "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.154.0@sha256:b3079f45e19bdb7326bf49cdddce6cf60dfd865138db39f2733ea48ab17bc4cb");
     protected static final int OTLP_PORT = 5678;
     private static final int HEALTH_CHECK_PORT = 13133;
     protected SdkSpanBuilder sdkSpanBuilder;
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanPipelineBenchmark.java b/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanPipelineBenchmark.java
index 3ebeb7b2bd9..08857e546ef 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanPipelineBenchmark.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/jmh/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanPipelineBenchmark.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ private SpanPipelineBenchmark() {}
   public abstract static class AbstractProcessorBenchmark {
     private static final DockerImageName OTLP_COLLECTOR_IMAGE =
         DockerImageName.parse(
-            "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.153.0@sha256:93aad750175cbf1a973ae1c5886c3371f4d800f61be25cdd26870b8441ffe9fa");
+            "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.154.0@sha256:b3079f45e19bdb7326bf49cdddce6cf60dfd865138db39f2733ea48ab17bc4cb");
     private static final int EXPOSED_PORT = 5678;
     private static final int HEALTH_CHECK_PORT = 13133;
     private Tracer tracer;
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpan.java b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpan.java
index e3381b06a3d..b67ac3d403b 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpan.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpan.java
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ public <T> ReadWriteSpan setAttribute(AttributeKey<T> key, @Nullable T value) {
   }
 
   @GuardedBy("lock")
+  @SuppressWarnings("ReferenceEquality")
   private boolean isModifiableByCurrentThread() {
     return hasEnded == EndState.NOT_ENDED
         || (hasEnded == EndState.ENDING && Thread.currentThread() == spanEndingThread);
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilder.java b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilder.java
index 8a9df5cb2e4..050067db815 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanBuilder.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public SpanBuilder setStartTimestamp(long startTimestamp, TimeUnit unit) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
+  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "ReferenceEquality"})
   public Span startSpan() {
     Context parentContext = parent == null ? Context.current() : parent;
     Span parentSpan = Span.fromContext(parentContext);
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 158e82a0df6..41fcf3e38b3 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pluginManagement {
     id("de.undercouch.download") version "5.7.0"
     id("org.jsonschema2pojo") version "1.3.3"
     id("io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin") version "2.0.0"
-    id("org.graalvm.buildtools.native") version "1.1.1"
+    id("org.graalvm.buildtools.native") version "1.1.2"
     id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "1.0.0"
   }
 }