diff --git a/bazel/io_opentelemetry_cpp.patch b/bazel/io_opentelemetry_cpp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7056eb4ca368a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazel/io_opentelemetry_cpp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+From b0825190258f28a7e72b62dfc00835cc277a059e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rohit Agrawal <rohit.agrawal@databricks.com>
+Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:03:41 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Fixes glibc++ 5 Checks
+
+---
+ api/include/opentelemetry/config.h | 9 +++------
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/config.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/config.h
+index 21a2947e28..c41f2e7ef8 100644
+--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/config.h
++++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/config.h
+@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
+
+ #pragma once
+
+-#ifndef __has_include
+-#  define OPENTELEMETRY_HAS_INCLUDE(x) 0
+-#else
+-#  define OPENTELEMETRY_HAS_INCLUDE(x) __has_include(x)
+-#endif
++#include <type_traits>  // IWYU pragma: keep
+
+-#if !defined(__GLIBCXX__) || OPENTELEMETRY_HAS_INCLUDE(<codecvt>)  // >= libstdc++-5
++#if !defined(__GLIBCXX__) || (defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE) && _GLIBCXX_RELEASE >= 7) || \
++    (defined(__GLIBCXX__) && __GLIBCXX__ >= 20150422)  // >= libstdc++-5
+ #  define OPENTELEMETRY_TRIVIALITY_TYPE_TRAITS
+ #endif
+
+From 2e07c15ccb5f888fcdb42a1a60e22551e46c708c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: owent <admin@owent.net>
+Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:29:17 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Always checking `OPENTELEMETRY_TRIVIALITY_TYPE_TRAITS`
+ when `OPENTELEMETRY_STL_VERSION` is defined
+
+---
+ api/include/opentelemetry/config.h            | 11 -----------
+ api/include/opentelemetry/nostd/type_traits.h |  9 +++++++--
+ sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk_config.h        |  1 -
+ 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
+ delete mode 100644 api/include/opentelemetry/config.h
+
+diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/config.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/config.h
+deleted file mode 100644
+index c41f2e7ef8..0000000000
+--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/config.h
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
+-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+-
+-#pragma once
+-
+-#include <type_traits>  // IWYU pragma: keep
+-
+-#if !defined(__GLIBCXX__) || (defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE) && _GLIBCXX_RELEASE >= 7) || \
+-    (defined(__GLIBCXX__) && __GLIBCXX__ >= 20150422)  // >= libstdc++-5
+-#  define OPENTELEMETRY_TRIVIALITY_TYPE_TRAITS
+-#endif
+diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/nostd/type_traits.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/nostd/type_traits.h
+index 3a64b5db1a..a797c1ea07 100644
+--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/nostd/type_traits.h
++++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/nostd/type_traits.h
+@@ -10,15 +10,20 @@
+ #  endif
+ #endif
+
++#include <type_traits>
++
+ #if !defined(OPENTELEMETRY_HAVE_STD_TYPE_TRAITS)
+ #  include <array>
+-#  include <type_traits>
+
+-#  include "opentelemetry/config.h"
+ #  include "opentelemetry/nostd/detail/void.h"  // IWYU pragma: export
+ #  include "opentelemetry/version.h"
+ #endif
+
++#if !defined(__GLIBCXX__) || (defined(_GLIBCXX_RELEASE) && _GLIBCXX_RELEASE >= 7) || \
++    (defined(__GLIBCXX__) && __GLIBCXX__ >= 20150422)  // >= libstdc++-5
++#  define OPENTELEMETRY_TRIVIALITY_TYPE_TRAITS
++#endif
++
+ OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+ namespace nostd
+ {
+diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk_config.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk_config.h
+index 280ccaa993..afe78f1d80 100644
+--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk_config.h
++++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk_config.h
+@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
+
+ #pragma once
+
+-#include "opentelemetry/config.h"
+ #include "opentelemetry/sdk/common/global_log_handler.h"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index 570261d295904..47a59a6d25e57 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -535,7 +535,11 @@ def _io_vectorscan():
     )
 
 def _io_opentelemetry_api_cpp():
-    external_http_archive(name = "io_opentelemetry_cpp")
+    external_http_archive(
+        name = "io_opentelemetry_cpp",
+        patches = ["@envoy//bazel:io_opentelemetry_cpp.patch"],
+        patch_args = ["-p1"],
+    )
 
 def _com_github_datadog_dd_trace_cpp():
     external_http_archive("com_github_datadog_dd_trace_cpp")
diff --git a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
index 727e21389e981..3faae16f81f9e 100644
--- a/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository_locations.bzl
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
         project_name = "OpenTelemetry",
         project_desc = "Observability framework and toolkit designed to create and manage telemetry data such as traces, metrics, and logs.",
         project_url = "https://opentelemetry.io",
-        version = "1.19.0",
-        sha256 = "e0330194b72f2fe4c0ce3ece06b02dc4aa0ab491eb75bf42c6f5e283912e468c",
+        version = "1.20.0",
+        sha256 = "4b6eeb852f075133c21b95948017f13a3e21740e55b921d27e42970a47314297",
         strip_prefix = "opentelemetry-cpp-{version}",
         urls = ["https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/archive/refs/tags/v{version}.tar.gz"],
         use_category = ["observability_ext"],
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS_SPEC = dict(
             "envoy.tracers.opentelemetry.samplers.dynatrace",
             "envoy.tracers.opentelemetry.samplers.cel",
         ],
-        release_date = "2025-01-22",
+        release_date = "2025-04-01",
         cpe = "N/A",
         license = "Apache-2.0",
         license_url = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/blob/v{version}/LICENSE",