diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e62f334..4c62f028 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ google-genai-haystack
 litellm-haystack
 # Wren Engine semantic SQL layer (CLI for postgres_metadata_assistant profile)
 #wrenai[postgres,main]>=0.9.0
-opentelemetry-api>=1.25.0
+opentelemetry-api>=1.44.0
 opentelemetry-sdk>=1.25.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.25.0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi>=0.46b0