diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0437855498..4bb6db581d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.4.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20251205004911-5e639034dcdc
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.42.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.42.0
 	go.podman.io/common v0.67.0
 	go.podman.io/storage v1.62.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.11.1 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.42.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0adf71fad4..c3704114e6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 h1:LhYJRs+L4fBtjZUfuSZIKGeVu0QRy8e5Xi7D17
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0 h1:YlEwVsGAlCvczDILpUXpIpPSL/VPugt7zHThEMLce1c=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.41.0/go.mod h1:Yt4UwgEKeT05QbLwbyHXEwhnjxNO6D8L5PQP51/46dE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0 h1:rFnDcs4gRzBcsO9tS8LCpgR0dxg4aaxWlJxCno7JlTQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.41.0/go.mod h1:xPvCwd9pU0VN8tPZYzDZV/BMj9CM9vs00GuBjeKhJps=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0 h1:Vbk2co6bhj8L59ZJ6/xFTskY+tGAbOnCtQGVVa9TIN0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.41.0/go.mod h1:U1NU4ULCoxeDKc09yCWdWe+3QoyweJcISEVa1RBzOis=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.42.0 h1:lSQGzTgVR3+sgJDAU/7/ZMjN9Z+vUip7leaqBKy4sho=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.42.0/go.mod h1:lJNsdRMxCUIWuMlVJWzecSMuNjE7dOYyWlqOXWkdqCc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.42.0 h1:2jXG+3oZLNXEPfNmnpxKDeZsFI5o4J+nz6xUlaFdF/4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.42.0/go.mod h1:RlUN/7vTU7Ao/diDkEpQpnz3/92J9ko05BIwxYa2SSI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.42.0 h1:OUCgIPt+mzOnaUTpOQcBiM/PLQ/Op7oq6g4LenLmOYY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.42.0/go.mod h1:f3K9S+IFqnumBkKhRJMeaZeNk9epyhnCmQh/EysQCdc=
 go.podman.io/common v0.67.0 h1:6Ci5oU1ek08OAxBLkHEqSyWmjNh5zf03PRqZ04cPdwU=
 go.podman.io/common v0.67.0/go.mod h1:sB9L8LMtmf5Hpek2qkEyRrcSzpb+gYpG3vq5Khima3U=
 go.podman.io/storage v1.62.0 h1:0QjX1XlzVmbiaulb+aR/CG6p9+pzaqwIeZPe3tEjHbY=