diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d61f55..9ddb6cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ redis = [
 
 # Optional OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing
 otel = [
-    "opentelemetry-api>=1.20.0",
+    "opentelemetry-api>=1.41.0",
     "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.20.0",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi>=0.41b0",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx>=0.41b0",