diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ea2d1c..8f03075 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.29.1] 2025-11-03
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* `Record::target_static` should return `&'static str` instead of `&str`.
+
 ## [0.29.0] 2025-11-03
 
 ### Breaking changes
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1b7d7a..c160d77 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ logforth-append-async = { version = "0.3.0", path = "appenders/async" }
 logforth-append-fastrace = { version = "0.3.0", path = "appenders/fastrace" }
 logforth-append-file = { version = "0.3.0", path = "appenders/file" }
 logforth-append-journald = { version = "0.3.0", path = "appenders/journald" }
-logforth-append-opentelemetry = { version = "0.3.0", path = "appenders/opentelemetry" }
+logforth-append-opentelemetry = { version = "0.3.1", path = "appenders/opentelemetry" }
 logforth-append-syslog = { version = "0.3.0", path = "appenders/syslog" }
 logforth-bridge-log = { version = "0.3.0", path = "bridges/log" }
-logforth-core = { version = "0.3.0", path = "core" }
+logforth-core = { version = "0.3.1", path = "core" }
 logforth-diagnostic-fastrace = { version = "0.3.0", path = "diagnostics/fastrace" }
 logforth-diagnostic-task-local = { version = "0.3.0", path = "diagnostics/task-local" }
 logforth-layout-google-cloud-logging = { version = "0.3.0", path = "layouts/google-cloud-logging" }
diff --git a/appenders/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/appenders/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index 097dff7..64b5df9 100644
--- a/appenders/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/appenders/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "logforth-append-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 
 description = "Opemtelemetry appender for Logforth."
 keywords = ["logging", "log", "opentelemtry"]
diff --git a/appenders/opentelemetry/src/lib.rs b/appenders/opentelemetry/src/lib.rs
index 52431ac..4a11ebe 100644
--- a/appenders/opentelemetry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/appenders/opentelemetry/src/lib.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,12 @@ impl Append for OpentelemetryLog {
         log_record.set_observed_timestamp(now);
         log_record.set_severity_number(log_level_to_otel_severity(record.level()));
         log_record.set_severity_text(record.level().name());
-        log_record.set_target(record.target().to_owned());
+
+        if let Some(target) = record.target_static() {
+            log_record.set_target(target);
+        } else {
+            log_record.set_target(record.target().to_owned());
+        }
 
         if let Some(make_body) = self.make_body.as_ref() {
             log_record.set_body(make_body.create(record, diags)?);
@@ -258,6 +263,10 @@ impl Append for OpentelemetryLog {
             log_record.add_attribute("line", line);
         }
 
+        if let Some(column) = record.column() {
+            log_record.add_attribute("column", column);
+        }
+
         let mut extractor = KvExtractor {
             record: &mut log_record,
         };
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 85e8557..e555b7f 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "logforth-core"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 
 description = "Core structs and functions for Logforth."
 keywords = ["logging", "log"]
diff --git a/core/src/record.rs b/core/src/record.rs
index ef4ad18..ba5cd74 100644
--- a/core/src/record.rs
+++ b/core/src/record.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl<'a> Record<'a> {
     /// The name of the target of the directive, if it is a `'static` str.
     ///
     /// This is typically the same as the module path, but can be set explicitly.
-    pub fn target_static(&self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    pub fn target_static(&self) -> Option<&'static str> {
         self.target.get_static()
     }
 
diff --git a/logforth/Cargo.toml b/logforth/Cargo.toml
index 8585963..3a3cdbb 100644
--- a/logforth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/logforth/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "logforth"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.29.1"
 
 description = "A versatile and extensible logging implementation."
 keywords = ["logging", "log", "opentelemetry", "fastrace"]