From b9a140cfe239728cce5e66b647674c8c324f148c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lcorinna <Gaida95@yandex.ru>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:24:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add version.go file to
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap

---
 CHANGELOG.md                    |  1 +
 bridges/otelzap/version.go      |  7 +++++++
 bridges/otelzap/version_test.go | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 bridges/otelzap/version.go
 create mode 100644 bridges/otelzap/version_test.go

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26fc5d18357..6f373c0ea6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ### Added
 
 - `WithSpanKind` option in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc` to override the default span kind. (#8506)
+- Add `const Version` in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap`. (#8543)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/version.go b/bridges/otelzap/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6a8c15843d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otelzap // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap"
+
+// Version is the current release version of the otelzap bridge.
+const Version = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/version_test.go b/bridges/otelzap/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4875e7a85ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otelzap_test
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap"
+)
+
+// regex taken from https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string
+var versionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)` +
+	`(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)` +
+	`(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?` +
+	`(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$`)
+
+func TestVersionSemver(t *testing.T) {
+	v := otelzap.Version
+	assert.NotNil(t, versionRegex.FindStringSubmatch(v), "version is not semver: %s", v)
+}

From a61252d97ea4d60e377ece5f446dcd5f529904f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dimaaaa <87826392+lcorinna@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:43:58 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update PR number

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f373c0ea6e..9be70a40a39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ### Added
 
 - `WithSpanKind` option in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc` to override the default span kind. (#8506)
-- Add `const Version` in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap`. (#8543)
+- Add `const Version` in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap`. (#8544)
 
 ### Fixed