diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 23d17e836..f3e35d6a2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
-    <opentelemetry.version>1.42.0</opentelemetry.version>
+    <opentelemetry.version>1.42.1</opentelemetry.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>