diff --git a/api/all/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/common/AttributesTest.java b/api/all/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/common/AttributesTest.java
index 1200dac1b14..dcc6f701e5a 100644
--- a/api/all/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/common/AttributesTest.java
+++ b/api/all/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/common/AttributesTest.java
@@ -421,10 +421,14 @@ void nullsAreNoOps() {
     builder.put("long", 10);
     builder.put("double", 1.0);
     builder.put("bool", true);
-    builder.put("arrayString", new String[] {"string"});
-    builder.put("arrayLong", new long[] {10L});
-    builder.put("arrayDouble", new double[] {1.0});
-    builder.put("arrayBool", new boolean[] {true});
+    String[] strings = {"string"};
+    builder.put("arrayString", strings);
+    long[] longs = {10L};
+    builder.put("arrayLong", longs);
+    double[] doubles = {1.0};
+    builder.put("arrayDouble", doubles);
+    boolean[] booleans = {true};
+    builder.put("arrayBool", booleans);
     assertThat(builder.build().size()).isEqualTo(9);
 
     // note: currently these are no-op calls; that behavior is not required, so if it needs to
diff --git a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
index 101e6ce36f3..d2e080311c4 100644
--- a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rootProject.extra["versions"] = dependencyVersions
 
 
 val autoValueVersion = "1.11.0"
-val errorProneVersion = "2.41.0"
+val errorProneVersion = "2.42.0"
 val jmhVersion = "1.37"
 // Mockito 5.x.x requires Java 11 https://github.com/mockito/mockito/releases/tag/v5.0.0
 val mockitoVersion = "4.11.0"
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanTest.java b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanTest.java
index d5c40fcccbf..c9d546f5486 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanTest.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkSpanTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey.stringKey;
 import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.assertThat;
 import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.equalTo;
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ void nothingChangedAfterEnd() {
         spanData,
         Attributes.empty(),
         Collections.emptyList(),
-        Collections.singletonList(link),
+        singletonList(link),
         SPAN_NAME,
         START_EPOCH_NANOS,
         START_EPOCH_NANOS,
@@ -251,8 +252,8 @@ void toSpanData_ActiveSpan() {
       verifySpanData(
           spanData,
           expectedAttributes,
-          Collections.singletonList(event),
-          Collections.singletonList(link),
+          singletonList(event),
+          singletonList(link),
           SPAN_NEW_NAME,
           START_EPOCH_NANOS,
           0,
@@ -282,8 +283,8 @@ void toSpanData_EndedSpan() {
     verifySpanData(
         spanData,
         expectedAttributes,
-        Collections.singletonList(event),
-        Collections.singletonList(link),
+        singletonList(event),
+        singletonList(link),
         SPAN_NEW_NAME,
         START_EPOCH_NANOS,
         testClock.now(),
@@ -466,7 +467,8 @@ void getAttributes_Empty() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // Testing deprecated code
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+  // Testing deprecated code
   void getInstrumentationLibraryInfo() {
     SdkSpan span = createTestSpan(SpanKind.CLIENT);
     try {
@@ -552,13 +554,10 @@ void setAttribute() {
       span.setAttribute(doubleArrayKey("NullArrayDoubleKey"), null);
       span.setAttribute(booleanArrayKey("NullArrayBooleanKey"), null);
       // These should be maintained
-      span.setAttribute(longArrayKey("ArrayWithNullLongKey"), Arrays.asList(new Long[] {null}));
-      span.setAttribute(
-          stringArrayKey("ArrayWithNullStringKey"), Arrays.asList(new String[] {null}));
-      span.setAttribute(
-          doubleArrayKey("ArrayWithNullDoubleKey"), Arrays.asList(new Double[] {null}));
-      span.setAttribute(
-          booleanArrayKey("ArrayWithNullBooleanKey"), Arrays.asList(new Boolean[] {null}));
+      span.setAttribute(longArrayKey("ArrayWithNullLongKey"), singletonList(null));
+      span.setAttribute(stringArrayKey("ArrayWithNullStringKey"), singletonList(null));
+      span.setAttribute(doubleArrayKey("ArrayWithNullDoubleKey"), singletonList(null));
+      span.setAttribute(booleanArrayKey("ArrayWithNullBooleanKey"), singletonList(null));
     } finally {
       span.end();
     }
@@ -691,10 +690,10 @@ void setAllAttributes() {
             .put(doubleArrayKey("NullArrayDoubleKey"), (Double[]) null)
             .put(booleanArrayKey("NullArrayBooleanKey"), (Boolean[]) null)
             // These should be maintained
-            .put(longArrayKey("ArrayWithNullLongKey"), Arrays.asList(new Long[] {null}))
-            .put(stringArrayKey("ArrayWithNullStringKey"), Arrays.asList(new String[] {null}))
-            .put(doubleArrayKey("ArrayWithNullDoubleKey"), Arrays.asList(new Double[] {null}))
-            .put(booleanArrayKey("ArrayWithNullBooleanKey"), Arrays.asList(new Boolean[] {null}))
+            .put(longArrayKey("ArrayWithNullLongKey"), singletonList(null))
+            .put(stringArrayKey("ArrayWithNullStringKey"), singletonList(null))
+            .put(doubleArrayKey("ArrayWithNullDoubleKey"), singletonList(null))
+            .put(booleanArrayKey("ArrayWithNullBooleanKey"), singletonList(null))
             .build();
 
     try {
@@ -1315,7 +1314,7 @@ public void setExceptionAttributes(
             SpanLimits.getDefault(),
             parentSpanId,
             null,
-            Collections.singletonList(link),
+            singletonList(link),
             exceptionAttributeResolver);
 
     span.recordException(new IllegalStateException("error"));
@@ -1462,7 +1461,7 @@ private SdkSpan createTestSpanWithAttributes(Map<AttributeKey, Object> attribute
         SpanLimits.getDefault(),
         null,
         attributesMap,
-        Collections.singletonList(link),
+        singletonList(link),
         ExceptionAttributeResolver.getDefault());
   }
 
@@ -1472,7 +1471,7 @@ private SdkSpan createTestRootSpan() {
         SpanLimits.getDefault(),
         SpanId.getInvalid(),
         null,
-        Collections.singletonList(link),
+        singletonList(link),
         ExceptionAttributeResolver.getDefault());
   }
 
@@ -1482,7 +1481,7 @@ private SdkSpan createTestSpan(SpanKind kind) {
         SpanLimits.getDefault(),
         parentSpanId,
         null,
-        Collections.singletonList(link),
+        singletonList(link),
         ExceptionAttributeResolver.getDefault());
   }
 
@@ -1492,7 +1491,7 @@ private SdkSpan createTestSpan(SpanLimits config) {
         config,
         parentSpanId,
         null,
-        Collections.singletonList(link),
+        singletonList(link),
         ExceptionAttributeResolver.getDefault());
   }
 
@@ -1611,7 +1610,7 @@ void testAsSpanData() {
             clock,
             resource,
             attributesWithCapacity,
-            Collections.singletonList(link1),
+            singletonList(link1),
             1,
             0);
     long startEpochNanos = clock.now();
@@ -1638,7 +1637,7 @@ void testAsSpanData() {
         result,
         attributesWithCapacity,
         events,
-        Collections.singletonList(link1),
+        singletonList(link1),
         name,
         startEpochNanos,
         endEpochNanos,