diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0bccd5a85c..5de57a6544 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.12
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20230914150019-408c51e934dc
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.25.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.25.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635 // indirect
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.25.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ae042be2b3..24f08ec44b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 h1:EzJWgHo
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415/go.mod h1:GwrjFmJcFw6At/Gs6z4yjiIwzuJ1/+UwLxMQDVQXShQ=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 h1:LhYJRs+L4fBtjZUfuSZIKGeVu0QRy8e5Xi7D17UxZ74=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.25.0 h1:gldB5FfhRl7OJQbUHt/8s0a7cE8fbsPAtdpRaApKy4k=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.25.0/go.mod h1:Wa2ds5NOXEMkCmUou1WA7ZBfLTHWIsp034OVD7AO+Vg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.25.0 h1:LUKbS7ArpFL/I2jJHdJcqMGxkRdxpPHE0VU/D4NuEwA=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.25.0/go.mod h1:rkDLUSd2lC5lq2dFNrX9LGAbINP5B7WBkC78RXCpH5s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.25.0 h1:tqukZGLwQYRIFtSQM2u2+yfMVTgGVeqRLPUYx1Dq6RM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.25.0/go.mod h1:hCCs70XM/ljO+BeQkyFnbK28SBIJ/Emuha+ccrCRT7I=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0 h1:LQwgL5s/1W7YiiRwxf03QGnWLb2HW4pLiAhaA5cZXBs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0/go.mod h1:UmLkJHUAidDval2EICqBMbnAd0/m2vmpf/dAM+fvFs4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 h1:7S39CLuY5Jgg9CrnA9HHiEjGMF/X2VHvoXGgSllRz30=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0/go.mod h1:SY+rHOI4cEawI9a7N1A4nIg/nTQXe1ccCNWYOJUrpX4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0 h1:1ieeAUb4y0TE26jUFrCIXKpTuVK7uJGN9/Z/2LP5sQA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0/go.mod h1:4iDxvGDQuUkHve82hJJ8UqrwswHYsZuWCBllGV2U2y0=
 golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 h1:7EYJ93RZ9vYSZAIb2x3lnuvqO5zneoD6IvWjuhfxjTs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.23.0/go.mod h1:JKghWKKOSdJwpW2GEx0Ja7fmaKnMsbu+MWVZTokSYmg=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 h1:5BMeUDZ7vkXGfEr1x9B4bRcTH4lpkTkpdh0T/J+qjbQ=