diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 51c86cc..51aa8e2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "opentelemetry-api ~= 1.40.0",
     "opentelemetry-sdk ~= 1.40.0",
-    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp ~= 1.40.0",
+    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp >= 1.40,< 1.42",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation ~= 0.61b0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]