diff --git a/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 15e6d3a8f..748a4dc8b 100644
--- a/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <description>Client side response routing</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <opentelemetry.version>1.59.0</opentelemetry.version>
+        <opentelemetry.version>1.61.0</opentelemetry.version>
         <opentelemetry-semconv.version>1.40.0</opentelemetry-semconv.version>
     </properties>