diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f9cd392..6693d41 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 telemetry = [
-    "opentelemetry-api>=1.20.0",
+    "opentelemetry-api>=1.41.0",
 ]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=8.0.0",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-cov>=5.0.0",
     "mypy>=1.8.0",
     "ruff>=0.4.0",
-    "opentelemetry-api>=1.20.0",
+    "opentelemetry-api>=1.41.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]