diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 8567e2106..a7869ce42 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Nito.AsyncEx" Version="5.1.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Nito.AsyncEx.Coordination" Version="5.1.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" Version="1.12.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.12.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.15.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Portable.BouncyCastle" Version="1.9.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.4.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="9.0.4" />
diff --git a/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs b/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs
index 5152ed24f..dc5a89b5c 100644
--- a/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/E2E.Tests/MinikubeTests.cs
@@ -752,23 +752,25 @@ await clientSet.CoreV1.Pod
 
                 // replace + get (retry on conflict due to Kubernetes optimistic concurrency)
                 {
-                    var retries = 5;
-                    while (retries-- > 0)
+                    const int maxAttempts = 5;
+                    var updated = false;
+                    for (var attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++)
                     {
+                        var pod = await clientSet.CoreV1.Pod.GetAsync(podName, namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image = "httpd";
                         try
                         {
-                            var pod = await clientSet.CoreV1.Pod.GetAsync(podName, namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                            pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image = "httpd";
                             await clientSet.CoreV1.Pod.UpdateAsync(pod, podName, namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            updated = true;
                             break;
                         }
-                        catch (HttpOperationException e) when (e.Response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Conflict)
+                        catch (HttpOperationException e) when (e.Response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Conflict && attempt < maxAttempts)
                         {
-                            if (retries == 0) throw;
                             await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1)).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         }
                     }
 
+                    Assert.True(updated, "Failed to update pod after retries due to conflicts.");
                     var updatedPod = await clientSet.CoreV1.Pod.GetAsync(podName, namespaceParameter).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     Assert.Equal("httpd", updatedPod.Spec.Containers[0].Image);
                 }