diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle b/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle
index 0a8b6266..2de8550e 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/build.gradle
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     fgaSdkVersion = "0.9.9" // x-release-please-version
-    openTelemetryVersion = "1.62.0"
-    openTelemetryAlphaVersion = "1.62.0-alpha"
+    openTelemetryVersion = "1.63.0"
+    openTelemetryAlphaVersion = "1.63.0-alpha"
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus:$openTelemetryAlphaVersion")
     implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp:$openTelemetryVersion")
     implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure:$openTelemetryVersion")
-    implementation("io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.41.1")
+    implementation("io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.42.0")
 
     // Environment variables for this example
     implementation("io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-java:3.2.0")
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/opentelemetry/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index df6a6ad7..a9db1155 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.6.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew b/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew
index b9bb139f..249efbb0 100755
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
-#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#   gradlew start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
 #
 #   Important for running:
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
 #       command line, like:
 #
-#           ksh Gradle
+#           ksh gradlew
 #
 #       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
 #       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew.bat b/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew.bat
index aa5f10b0..8508ef68 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/gradlew.bat
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
-@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem  gradlew startup script for Windows
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 
 
-@rem Execute Gradle
+@rem Execute gradlew
 @rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
 @rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
 endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel