diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99e6b82c..99317dae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ConfigArgParse==1.5.3
 isodate==0.6.1
 lxml==4.9.2
 nowplaypadgen==0.4.9
-opentelemetry-api==1.15.0
+opentelemetry-api==1.18.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.15.0
 opentelemetry-sdk==1.15.0
 pylast==5.1.0