diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39ac194b5c..6eaa3c5d85 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
 	github.com/tsenart/vegeta/v12 v12.13.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.67.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.67.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.68.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.68.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.43.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.43.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index da47fbabff..a925d478aa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.67.0 h1:OyrsyzuttWTSur2qN/Lm0m2a8yqyIjUVBZcxFPuXq2o=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.67.0/go.mod h1:C2NGBr+kAB4bk3xtMXfZ94gqFDtg/GkI7e9zqGh5Beg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.67.0 h1:fM78cKITJ2r08cl+nw5i+hI9zWAu3iak8o1Os/ca2Ck=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.67.0/go.mod h1:ybmlzIqGcQzwt5lAfi8TpSnHo/CI3yv1Czodmm+OJa8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.68.0 h1:CqXxU8VOmDefoh0+ztfGaymYbhdB/tT3zs79QaZTNGY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.68.0/go.mod h1:BuhAPThV8PBHBvg8ZzZ/Ok3idOdhWIodywz2xEcRbJo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.68.0 h1:jhVIQEprwUTV+KfzzliLidclhoTOoHTgdz96kAyR8mU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.68.0/go.mod h1:4HsdbLUbernaTnA8CNaNE+1g026SciXb3juRYe3l8EY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0 h1:mYIM03dnh5zfN7HautFE4ieIig9amkNANT+xcVxAj9I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0/go.mod h1:JuG+u74mvjvcm8vj8pI5XiHy1zDeoCS2LB1spIq7Ay0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.43.0 h1:8UQVDcZxOJLtX6gxtDt3vY2WTgvZqMQRzjsqiIHQdkc=
diff --git a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/server.go b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/server.go
index 6dcf1b5b52..83c6ae2465 100644
--- a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/server.go
+++ b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv/server.go
@@ -364,7 +364,9 @@ func (n HTTPServer) MetricAttributes(server string, req *http.Request, statusCod
 	if statusCode > 0 {
 		num++
 	}
-
+	if route == "" && req.Pattern != "" {
+		route = httpRoute(req.Pattern)
+	}
 	if route != "" {
 		num++
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/version.go b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/version.go
index 1d90fc264d..835ec5aa7e 100644
--- a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/version.go
+++ b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/version.go
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 package otelhttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
 
 // Version is the current release version of the otelhttp instrumentation.
-const Version = "0.67.0"
+const Version = "0.68.0"
diff --git a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime/version.go b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime/version.go
index 1ffed7326b..078888ecc0 100644
--- a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime/version.go
+++ b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime/version.go
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 package runtime // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime"
 
 // Version is the current release version of the runtime instrumentation.
-const Version = "0.67.0"
+const Version = "0.68.0"
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 80c5c92a92..79ce0e15a9 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ github.com/x448/float16
 ## explicit; go 1.24.0
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk/internal/telemetry
-# go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.67.0
+# go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.68.0
 ## explicit; go 1.25.0
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/request
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp/internal/semconv
-# go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.67.0
+# go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.68.0
 ## explicit; go 1.25.0
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime/internal/deprecatedruntime