diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae0949a..24d91de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <logstash.version>8.0</logstash.version>
     
     <!-- Observability -->
-    <opentelemetry-api.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry-api.version>
+    <opentelemetry-api.version>1.42.1</opentelemetry-api.version>
     <pyroscope-agent.version>0.14.0</pyroscope-agent.version>
     
     <!-- Data & Serialization -->