diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 790dcb2..48e0c68 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cryptography>=42.0.0
 prometheus-client>=0.20.0
 
 # OpenTelemetry tracing
-opentelemetry-api==1.41.1
+opentelemetry-api==1.42.1
 opentelemetry-sdk==1.41.1
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.62b1
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.41.1