diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8bee191c3..917e2ba31 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ odfpy>=1.4.1              # OpenDocument formats (.odt, .ods, .odp, .odg)
 
 # OpenTelemetry - Distributed Tracing (Issue #57, #697)
 # Provides request tracing across the 5-VM AutoBot infrastructure
-opentelemetry-api==1.34.0
+opentelemetry-api==1.40.0
 opentelemetry-sdk==1.40.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.40.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc==1.40.0