diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd37e73..34a44b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <inceptionYear>2022</inceptionYear>
-        <opentelemetry.java.version>1.39.0</opentelemetry.java.version>
+        <opentelemetry.java.version>1.42.0</opentelemetry.java.version>
         <opentelemetry.semconv.version>1.26.0</opentelemetry.semconv.version>
         <opentelemetry.java.instrumentation.version>2.5.0</opentelemetry.java.instrumentation.version>
         <version.mp.rest.client>4.0</version.mp.rest.client>