diff --git a/apps/hash-api/package.json b/apps/hash-api/package.json
index 861663d28c5..7ad33520bce 100644
--- a/apps/hash-api/package.json
+++ b/apps/hash-api/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
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     "@opentelemetry/api-logs": "0.218.0",
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     "@opentelemetry/exporter-logs-otlp-grpc": "0.218.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": "0.218.0",
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diff --git a/libs/@local/hash-backend-utils/package.json b/libs/@local/hash-backend-utils/package.json
index 1095cd30df1..aedf03e88b7 100644
--- a/libs/@local/hash-backend-utils/package.json
+++ b/libs/@local/hash-backend-utils/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
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