diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 55f62ca249414..dd1ab5d32f0b8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.16.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c44bcd9797b7e..86910b3bc7a5c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1621,8 +1621,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.17.0 h1:iG6LGVz5Gh+IuO0jmgvpTB6YVrCGngi8QGm+p
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.17.0/go.mod h1:h4skoxdZI17AxwITdmdZjjYJQH5nzijUUjm+wtPph5o=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.20.0/go.mod h1:L7bgKf9ZB7qCwT9Up7i9/pn0PWIa9FqQ2IQ8LoxiGnw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.20.0/go.mod h1:g/IcepuwNsoiX5Byy2nNV0ySUF1em498m7hBWC279Yc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0 h1:Z1Ok1YsijYL0CSJpHt4cS3wDDh7p572grzNrBMiMWgE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0/go.mod h1:tMsIuKXuuIWPBAOrH+eHtvhTL+SntFtXF9QD68aP6p4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.17.0 h1:FLN2X66Ke/k5Sg3V623Q7h7nt3cHXaW1FOvKKrW0IpE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.17.0/go.mod h1:U87sE0f5vQB7hwUoW98pW5Rz4ZDuCFBZFNUBlSgmDFQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.20.0/go.mod h1:h7RBNMsDJ5pmI1zExLi+bJK+Dr8NQCh0qGhm1KDnNlE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.20.0/go.mod h1:knxiS8Xd4E/N+ZqKmUPf3gTTZ4/0TjTXukfxjzSTpHE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0/go.mod h1:6GjCW8zgDjwGHGa6GkyeB8+/5vjT16gUEi0Nf1iBdgw=
diff --git a/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go b/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go
index 0fa814b0a37a9..40fb9b4140b54 100644
--- a/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/lib/observability/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
-	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.17.0"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.21.0"
 	oteltrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport"