diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index a7d6e7672..800574bec 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     'config:best-practices',
     'helpers:pinGitHubActionDigestsToSemver',
   ],
+  ignorePaths: [], // overwrite default ignore which includes **/test/**
+                   // used to update docker image versions used in Java test files
   ignorePresets: [
     ':ignoreModulesAndTests', // needed to keep maven-extension test pom files up-to-date
     'workarounds:javaLTSVersions', // Allow all Java major versions, not just LTS
@@ -243,5 +245,17 @@
         '"https://github.com/(?<depName>[^/]+/[^/]+)/zipball/(?<currentValue>.+?)"',
       ],
     },
+    {
+      customType: 'regex',
+      datasourceTemplate: 'docker',
+      managerFilePatterns: [
+        '**/*.java',
+      ],
+      matchStrings: [
+        '"(?<depName>otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib):(?<currentValue>[^@"]+)(?:@(?<currentDigest>sha256:[a-f0-9]+))?"',
+      ],
+      autoReplaceStringTemplate: '"{{depName}}:{{newValue}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}"',
+      versioningTemplate: 'docker',
+    },
   ],
 }
diff --git a/aws-xray/src/awsTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/aws/xray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerIntegrationTest.java b/aws-xray/src/awsTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/aws/xray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerIntegrationTest.java
index fe281e3e2..bf922271c 100644
--- a/aws-xray/src/awsTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/aws/xray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/aws-xray/src/awsTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/aws/xray/AwsXrayRemoteSamplerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class AwsXrayRemoteSamplerIntegrationTest {
 
   @Container
   private static final GenericContainer<?> otelCollector =
-      new GenericContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:latest"))
+      new GenericContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.136.0"))
           .withExposedPorts(13133, 2000)
           .waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/").forPort(13133))
           .withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(LoggerFactory.getLogger("otel-collector")))