diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index a6bf30a7d..f22bdfdc3 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ postUpdateHooks = [{
 
 updates.allowPreReleases = [
   # semconv is always published with `-alpha` suffix
-  {groupId = "io.opentelemetry.semconv", artifactId = "opentelemetry-semconv"}
+  {groupId = "io.opentelemetry.semconv", artifactId = "opentelemetry-semconv"},
+  # some instrumentation artifacts are published with `-alpha` suffix
+  {groupId = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation", artifactId = "opentelemetry-runtime-telemetry-java8"},
 ]
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index a0a21f021..1b8db7755 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ val MUnitDisciplineVersion = "2.0.0-M3"
 val MUnitScalaCheckEffectVersion = "2.0.0-M2"
 val OpenTelemetryVersion = "1.44.1"
 val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationVersion = "2.10.0"
-val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationAlphaVersion = "2.5.0-alpha"
+val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationAlphaVersion = "2.10.0-alpha"
 val OpenTelemetrySemConvVersion = "1.28.0-alpha"
 val OpenTelemetryProtoVersion = "1.1.0-alpha"
 val PekkoStreamVersion = "1.1.2"