diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 795c7c7c..ee4a5777 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ psutil>=5.9.0
 redis>=5.0.0
 kafka-python>=2.0.2
 kubernetes>=28.1.0
-opentelemetry-api>=1.20.0
+opentelemetry-api>=1.41.1
 opentelemetry-sdk>=1.41.1
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.20.0
 protobuf>=7.34.1