diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yaml b/.github/workflows/package.yaml
index 84374634..43c72e37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yaml
@@ -25,42 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '25.0.2'
       - name: Show Build Versions
         run: ./gradlew -v
-      - name: Debug opentelemetry-bom bytes seen by this runner
-        shell: bash
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          set +e
-          echo "=== Runner: $RUNNER_OS $RUNNER_ARCH ==="
-          echo ""
-          echo "=== Any cached copy on the runner (before build downloads anything): ==="
-          for base in "$HOME" /opt /usr/local /Users /home 'C:/Users' 'D:/a'; do
-            [ -d "$base" ] || continue
-            find "$base" -name 'opentelemetry-bom-1.55.0.module' 2>/dev/null | while read f; do
-              echo "$f"
-              echo "  size=$(wc -c < "$f" 2>/dev/null | tr -d ' ')"
-              echo "  sha512=$(shasum -a 512 "$f" 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-            done
-          done
-          echo ""
-          echo "=== Fresh download from Maven Central (from this runner): ==="
-          curl -sL https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-bom/1.55.0/opentelemetry-bom-1.55.0.module -o /tmp/otel.module 2>/dev/null || echo "(curl failed)"
-          if [ -f /tmp/otel.module ]; then
-            echo "size=$(wc -c < /tmp/otel.module | tr -d ' ')"
-            echo "sha512=$(shasum -a 512 /tmp/otel.module | cut -d' ' -f1)"
-          fi
-          echo ""
-          echo "=== Pinned in verification-metadata.xml: ==="
-          grep -A2 'opentelemetry-bom-1.55.0.module' gradle/verification-metadata.xml | head -3
-          echo ""
-          echo "=== Gradle init scripts present: ==="
-          for base in "$HOME/.gradle" /opt /usr/local 'C:/Users' 'D:/a'; do
-            [ -d "$base" ] || continue
-            find "$base" -path '*init.d*' -type f 2>/dev/null | head -10
-          done
-          echo ""
-          echo "=== GRADLE_* / DEVELOCITY_* env: ==="
-          env | grep -iE '^(GRADLE|DEVELOCITY|BUILD_SCAN)' || echo "(none)"
-          exit 0
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew jpackage
       - name: Codesign, package and notarize macOS distribution
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 2f5b8c45..ef7961ee 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
          <trusted-key id="2E3A1AFFE42B5F53AF19F780BCF4173966770193" group="org.jetbrains" name="annotations" version="13.0"/>
          <trusted-key id="33FD4BFD33554634053D73C0C2148900BCD3C2AF" group="org.jetbrains" name="annotations"/>
          <trusted-key id="34D6FF19930ADF43AC127792A50569C7CA7FA1F0" group="com.jcraft" name="jzlib" version="1.1.3"/>
+         <trusted-key id="3F05DDA9F317301E927136D417A27CE7A60FF5F0" group="io.opentelemetry"/>
          <trusted-key id="41B962CF9AA2A26FF1F234D2A6144824624A3CBA" group="io.leangen.geantyref" name="geantyref" version="2.0.1"/>
          <trusted-key id="41CD49B4EF5876F9E9F691DABAC30622339994C4" group="org.jspecify" name="jspecify" version="1.0.0"/>
          <trusted-key id="5989BAF76217B843D66BE55B2D0E1FB8FE4B68B4" group="org.eclipse.jetty"/>