diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index bf5832620..3910c4f4e 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@
     	    <version>3.36.0.3</version>
     	    <scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+            <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${io.opentelemetry.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 	
 	<build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d63ce8600..8a607ed70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<software.awssdk.version>2.17.272</software.awssdk.version>
 		<software.azure.cosmos.version>4.42.0</software.azure.cosmos.version>
 		<log4j.version>2.19.0</log4j.version>
-        <io.opentelemetry.version>1.27.0</io.opentelemetry.version>
+                <io.opentelemetry.version>1.28.0</io.opentelemetry.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<organization>