diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3cb9830..18d825c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
     # Observability
     "structlog>=24.4,<27",
-    "opentelemetry-api>=1.28,<2",
+    "opentelemetry-api>=1.42.1,<2",
     "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.28,<2",
 ]