diff --git a/backend/requirements-lambda.txt b/backend/requirements-lambda.txt
index c6b1705..8d0c75c 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-lambda.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-lambda.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ urllib3
 # OpenTelemetry SDK + OTLP HTTP exporter for platform-level OTEL.
 # Used by services/_otel_platform.py to emit spans for every API request
 # the workflow Lambda + deployment Lambda + step handlers receive.
-opentelemetry-api>=1.43.0
+opentelemetry-api>=1.44.0
 opentelemetry-sdk>=1.43.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http>=1.43.0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore>=0.64b0