diff --git a/docs/changelog/115194.yaml b/docs/changelog/115194.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b201b9f89aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/115194.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pr: 115194
+summary: Update APM Java Agent to support JDK 23
+area: Infra/Metrics
+type: upgrade
+issues:
+ - 115101
+ - 115100
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 4d9b96184d07..e2dfa89c8f3b 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
             <sha256 value="10fe288fd7a2cdaf5175332b73529f9abf8fd54dcfff317d6967c0c35ffb133b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="co.elastic.apm" name="elastic-apm-agent" version="1.44.0">
-         <artifact name="elastic-apm-agent-1.44.0.jar">
-            <sha256 value="169dc01756a960692314c12ed8868baf937399f6eddc2d7e6ede9caad8bec0a2" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+      <component group="co.elastic.apm" name="elastic-apm-agent" version="1.52.0">
+         <artifact name="elastic-apm-agent-1.52.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="ef6c8f75bd6181e717cdd172864441580708c7ee8543175621a3f404f4ba6429" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
       <component group="co.elastic.logging" name="ecs-logging-core" version="1.2.0">
diff --git a/modules/apm/build.gradle b/modules/apm/build.gradle
index 4c822e44da6f..b510e2403e93 100644
--- a/modules/apm/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/apm/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:${otelVersion}"
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:${otelVersion}"
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-semconv:${otelSemconvVersion}"
-  runtimeOnly    "co.elastic.apm:elastic-apm-agent:1.44.0"
+  runtimeOnly    "co.elastic.apm:elastic-apm-agent:1.52.0"
 }
 
 tasks.named("dependencyLicenses").configure {