diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/manual/requirements.txt b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/manual/requirements.txt
index 197533bd..33bcae29 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/manual/requirements.txt
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/manual/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-google-genai ~= 1.0.0
+google-genai ~=1.75.0
 opentelemetry-api ~=1.41.1
 opentelemetry-sdk ~=1.41.1
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc ~=1.41.1
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt
index 4162aa1f..985f9a0e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-google-genai ~= 1.0.0
+google-genai ~=1.75.0
 opentelemetry-api ~=1.41.1
 opentelemetry-sdk ~=1.41.1
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc ~=1.41.1