diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 082781e..48616a0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ apscheduler>=3.11.0
 # The exporter extras are optional at runtime (the substrate degrades to
 # console/in-memory exporters when they're absent) but shipping them in the
 # default install gives every Ragbot user a working OTLP and Prometheus path.
-opentelemetry-api>=1.31.0
+opentelemetry-api>=1.41.1
 opentelemetry-sdk>=1.31.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc>=1.31.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus>=0.52b0