diff --git a/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml b/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 2157e1f410..b0992283d5 100644
--- a/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
     <guava.version>33.1.0-jre</guava.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.25.3</protobuf.version>
-    <opentelemetry.version>1.37.0</opentelemetry.version>
+    <opentelemetry.version>1.38.0</opentelemetry.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     <errorprone.version>2.27.1</errorprone.version>
     <j2objc-annotations.version>3.0.0</j2objc-annotations.version>
diff --git a/gax-java/dependencies.properties b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
index 7dc4cf0e9a..a5b1c1bc17 100644
--- a/gax-java/dependencies.properties
+++ b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ maven.com_google_api_grpc_proto_google_common_protos=com.google.api.grpc:proto-g
 maven.com_google_api_grpc_grpc_google_common_protos=com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-common-protos:2.37.1
 maven.com_google_auth_google_auth_library_oauth2_http=com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:1.23.0
 maven.com_google_auth_google_auth_library_credentials=com.google.auth:google-auth-library-credentials:1.23.0
-maven.io_opentelemetry_opentelemetry_api=io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.37.0
+maven.io_opentelemetry_opentelemetry_api=io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.38.0
 maven.io_opencensus_opencensus_api=io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.31.1
 maven.io_opencensus_opencensus_contrib_grpc_metrics=io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-grpc-metrics:0.31.1
 maven.io_opencensus_opencensus_contrib_http_util=io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-http-util:0.31.1