diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 7893864681f30..0f17595530920 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,18 +7,6 @@ updates:
       day: "sunday"
       time: "09:00" # 9am UTC
     ignore:
-      # The latest otel version contains a data race. Ignore any updates until the issue
-      # is resolved.
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/otelaws
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
-      - dependency-name: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace
       # Breaks backwards compatibility
       - dependency-name: github.com/gravitational/ttlmap
       # Must be kept in-sync with libbpf