diff --git a/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile b/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile
index 5a216fdac4..4508202bb8 100644
--- a/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile
+++ b/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4", ">= 7.0.4.3"
 gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4"
 
 # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma]
-gem "puma", "~> 5.0"
+gem "puma", "~> 5.6"
 
 # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder]
 # gem "jbuilder"
diff --git a/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile.lock b/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile.lock
index ad9069e2cb..bf6767d361 100644
--- a/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/examples/quick-start-ruby-on-rails/quick_start_api/Gemfile.lock
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ GEM
       opentelemetry-semantic_conventions
     opentelemetry-semantic_conventions (1.8.0)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-    puma (5.6.5)
+    puma (5.6.7)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     racc (1.6.2)
     rack (2.2.6.4)
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
   opentelemetry-instrumentation-all
   opentelemetry-sdk
-  puma (~> 5.0)
+  puma (~> 5.6)
   rails (~> 7.0.4, >= 7.0.4.3)
   sqlite3 (~> 1.4)
   tzinfo-data