diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 904b508c6..cd6c59413 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ val MUnitCatsEffectVersion = "2.0.0"
 val MUnitDisciplineVersion = "2.0.0-M3"
 val MUnitScalaCheckEffectVersion = "2.0.0-M2"
 val OpenTelemetryVersion = "1.43.0"
-val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationVersion = "2.8.0"
+val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationVersion = "2.9.0"
 val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationAlphaVersion = "2.5.0-alpha"
 val OpenTelemetrySemConvVersion = "1.28.0-alpha"
 val OpenTelemetryProtoVersion = "1.1.0-alpha"
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala
index cd65e29f8..bb8b4a405 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration._
   *     "org.typelevel"                   %% "otel4s-oteljava"                           % "0.5.0",
   *     "org.apache.pekko"                %% "pekko-stream"                              % "1.1.2",
   *     "org.apache.pekko"                %% "pekko-http"                                % "1.1.0",
-  *     "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation" % "opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations" % "2.8.0",
+  *     "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation" % "opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations" % "2.9.0",
   *     "io.opentelemetry"                 % "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp"               % "1.43.0" % Runtime,
   *     "io.opentelemetry"                 % "opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure" % "1.43.0" % Runtime
   *   )