diff --git a/src/ad/Dockerfile.elastic b/src/ad/Dockerfile.elastic
index 92502994dd..a42a9cf9be 100644
--- a/src/ad/Dockerfile.elastic
+++ b/src/ad/Dockerfile.elastic
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ RUN ./gradlew installDist -PprotoSourceDir=./proto
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# fetch latest published snapshot of the Elastic OpenTelemetry Java agent, using xq to parse XML
+FROM debian:stable-slim AS intermediate
+RUN <<-EOF
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl xq
+    artifact='elastic-otel-javaagent'
+    base_url="https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/co/elastic/otel/${artifact}"
+    snapshot_version="$(curl -s "${base_url}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/latest)"
+    snapshot_timestamp="$(curl -s "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/snapshot/timestamp)"
+    snapshot_buildnumber="$(curl -s "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/snapshot/buildNumber)"
+    curl \
+        -o /opentelemetry-javaagent.jar \
+        "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/${artifact}-${snapshot_version%-SNAPSHOT}-${snapshot_timestamp}-${snapshot_buildnumber}.jar"
+EOF
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jre
 
 # ARG version=0.4.0
@@ -24,7 +40,9 @@ ARG _JAVA_OPTIONS
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app/
 
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/ ./
-ADD --chmod=644 https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=snapshots&g=co.elastic.otel&a=elastic-otel-javaagent&v=LATEST /usr/src/app/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
+
+COPY --from=intermediate /opentelemetry-javaagent.jar /usr/src/app/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
+
 ENV JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-javaagent:/usr/src/app/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
 ENV OTEL_INFERRED_SPANS_ENABLED=true
 ENV ELASTIC_OTEL_SPAN_STACK_TRACE_MIN_DURATION=2
diff --git a/src/fraud-detection/Dockerfile.elastic b/src/fraud-detection/Dockerfile.elastic
index a6d57c2e7d..3d697b1763 100644
--- a/src/fraud-detection/Dockerfile.elastic
+++ b/src/fraud-detection/Dockerfile.elastic
@@ -8,13 +8,30 @@ RUN gradle shadowJar
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/java17-debian11
+# fetch latest published snapshot of the Elastic OpenTelemetry Java agent, using xq to parse XML
+FROM debian:stable-slim AS intermediate
+RUN <<-EOF
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl xq
+    artifact='elastic-otel-javaagent'
+    base_url="https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/co/elastic/otel/${artifact}"
+    snapshot_version="$(curl -s "${base_url}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/latest)"
+    snapshot_timestamp="$(curl -s "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/snapshot/timestamp)"
+    snapshot_buildnumber="$(curl -s "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/snapshot/buildNumber)"
+    curl \
+        -o /opentelemetry-javaagent.jar \
+        "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/${artifact}-${snapshot_version%-SNAPSHOT}-${snapshot_timestamp}-${snapshot_buildnumber}.jar"
+EOF
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/java17-debian12:nonroot
 
 # ARG version=0.4.0
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app/
 
 COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/build/libs/fraud-detection-1.0-all.jar ./
-ADD --chmod=644 https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=snapshots&g=co.elastic.otel&a=elastic-otel-javaagent&v=LATEST /app/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
+COPY --from=intermediate /opentelemetry-javaagent.jar /usr/src/app/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
+
 ENV JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-javaagent:/app/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
 ENV ELASTIC_OTEL_INFERRED_SPANS_ENABLED=true
 ENV ELASTIC_OTEL_SPAN_STACK_TRACE_MIN_DURATION=2
diff --git a/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic b/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic
index 98b0e8da83..00c9e1f539 100644
--- a/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic
+++ b/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 # Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# fetch latest published snapshot of the Elastic OpenTelemetry Java agent, using xq to parse XML
+FROM debian:stable-slim AS intermediate
+RUN <<-EOF
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl xq
+    artifact='elastic-otel-javaagent'
+    base_url="https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/co/elastic/otel/${artifact}"
+    snapshot_version="$(curl -s "${base_url}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/latest)"
+    snapshot_timestamp="$(curl -s "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/snapshot/timestamp)"
+    snapshot_buildnumber="$(curl -s "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/maven-metadata.xml" | xq -e metadata/versioning/snapshot/buildNumber)"
+    curl \
+        -o /opentelemetry-javaagent.jar \
+        "${base_url}/${snapshot_version}/${artifact}-${snapshot_version%-SNAPSHOT}-${snapshot_timestamp}-${snapshot_buildnumber}.jar"
+EOF
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 FROM apache/kafka:3.7.0
 
@@ -9,7 +26,7 @@ USER root
 
 USER appuser
 
-ADD --chown=appuser:appuser https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=snapshots&g=co.elastic.otel&a=elastic-otel-javaagent&v=LATEST /tmp/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
+COPY --from=intermediate /opentelemetry-javaagent.jar /tmp/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
 
 ENV OTEL_INFERRED_SPANS_ENABLED=false
 ENV ELASTIC_OTEL_SPAN_STACK_TRACE_MIN_DURATION=2