diff --git a/applications/spring-ai-demo/pom.xml b/applications/spring-ai-demo/pom.xml
index cfb171b..bee8742 100644
--- a/applications/spring-ai-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/spring-ai-demo/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>21</java.version>
-        <spring-ai.version>1.0.0</spring-ai.version>
+        <spring-ai.version>1.0.9</spring-ai.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
                 <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version>
+                <version>2.28.1</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -63,15 +63,29 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Micrometer Observation -> OpenTelemetry bridge -->
+        <!-- Exclude opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator pulled transitively,
+             which conflicts with opentelemetry-jdbc when JDBC datasource is configured.
+             Version is managed by opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom in dependencyManagement. -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
             <artifactId>micrometer-tracing-bridge-otel</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- OpenTelemetry OTLP exporter for traces -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-otlp</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -82,4 +96,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>