diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
index a9ae7bdcd..6f836925d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 				<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
 				<artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
 				<!-- misaligned intentionally https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/10778-->
-				<version>2.4.4</version>
+				<version>2.6.1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.opentracing.brave</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
index 7027a65d3..9fc8e18a5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.zipkin.zipkin2</groupId>
 				<artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4.5</version>
+				<version>2.7.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>