diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 34207e17..e310c6c6 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ lazy val opentelemetry = project
     description := "Base OpenTelemetry Utilities for Natchez",
     tlVersionIntroduced := List("2.12", "2.13", "3").map(_ -> "0.1.7").toMap,
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-sdk" % "1.35.0"
+      "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-sdk" % "1.36.0"
     )
   )
 
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ lazy val examples = project
       "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-simple" % "2.0.12",
       "eu.timepit" %% "refined" % "0.11.1",
       "is.cir" %% "ciris" % "3.5.0",
-      "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp" % "1.35.0",
+      "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp" % "1.36.0",
       "io.opentelemetry.semconv" % "opentelemetry-semconv" % "1.22.0-alpha",
       "io.grpc" % "grpc-okhttp" % "1.62.2" // required for the OpenTelemetry exporter
     )
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ lazy val docs = project
       "org.http4s" %% "http4s-client" % "0.23.15",
       "org.typelevel" %% "log4cats-slf4j" % "2.4.0",
       "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-simple" % "2.0.12",
-      "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp" % "1.35.0", // for the opentelemetry example
+      "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp" % "1.36.0", // for the opentelemetry example
       "io.opentelemetry.semconv" % "opentelemetry-semconv" % "1.22.0-alpha"
     ),
     excludeDependencies += "org.scala-lang.modules" % "scala-collection-compat_3" // pray this does more good than harm