diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index ba0213eb25..7cdccd0636 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.0", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf"
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_proto", version = "7.0.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "zlib", version = "1.3.1.bcr.5")
 
-bazel_dep(name = "google_benchmark", version = "1.8.4", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_github_google_benchmark")
-bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.14.0.bcr.1", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_google_googletest")
+bazel_dep(name = "google_benchmark", version = "1.9.0", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_github_google_benchmark")
+bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.16.0", dev_dependency = True, repo_name = "com_google_googletest")
diff --git a/bazel/repository.bzl b/bazel/repository.bzl
index 0c4b15e091..2e139277ff 100644
--- a/bazel/repository.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository.bzl
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ def opentelemetry_cpp_deps():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_github_google_benchmark",
-        sha256 = "6bc180a57d23d4d9515519f92b0c83d61b05b5bab188961f36ac7b06b0d9e9ce",
-        strip_prefix = "benchmark-1.8.3",
+        sha256 = "35a77f46cc782b16fac8d3b107fbfbb37dcd645f7c28eee19f3b8e0758b48994",
+        strip_prefix = "benchmark-1.9.0",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/v1.8.3.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/v1.9.0.tar.gz",
         ],
     )
 
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ def opentelemetry_cpp_deps():
     maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "com_google_googletest",
-        sha256 = "8ad598c73ad796e0d8280b082cebd82a630d73e73cd3c70057938a6501bba5d7",
-        strip_prefix = "googletest-1.14.0",
+        sha256 = "78c676fc63881529bf97bf9d45948d905a66833fbfa5318ea2cd7478cb98f399",
+        strip_prefix = "googletest-1.16.0",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.14.0.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/v1.16.0.tar.gz",
         ],
     )
 
diff --git a/third_party/benchmark b/third_party/benchmark
index 344117638c..12235e2465 160000
--- a/third_party/benchmark
+++ b/third_party/benchmark
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 344117638c8ff7e239044fd0fa7085839fc03021
+Subproject commit 12235e24652fc7f809373e7c11a5f73c5763fc4c
diff --git a/third_party/googletest b/third_party/googletest
index f8d7d77c06..6910c9d916 160000
--- a/third_party/googletest
+++ b/third_party/googletest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f8d7d77c06936315286eb55f8de22cd23c188571
+Subproject commit 6910c9d9165801d8827d628cb72eb7ea9dd538c5
diff --git a/third_party_release b/third_party_release
index 93b6ce47a5..0665ba8021 100644
--- a/third_party_release
+++ b/third_party_release
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ zlib=v1.3.1
 curl=curl-8_12_0
 protobuf=v3.21.6
 grpc=v1.49.2
-benchmark=v1.8.3
-googletest=v1.14.0
+benchmark=v1.9.0
+googletest=v1.16.0
 ms-gsl=v3.1.0
 nlohmann-json=v3.12.0
 opentelemetry-proto=v1.7.0