diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3059da2ceab..60598c766f2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-structform v0.0.11 // indirect
 	github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/elastic/gosigar v0.14.3 // indirect
-	github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.7.4 // indirect
+	github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/elastic/pkcs8 v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 73d524daa34..766c7877cd8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -810,8 +810,8 @@ github.com/elastic/mock-es v0.0.0-20240712014503-e5b47ece0015 h1:z8cC8GASpPo8yKl
 github.com/elastic/mock-es v0.0.0-20240712014503-e5b47ece0015/go.mod h1:qH9DX/Dmflz6EAtaks/+2SsdQzecVAKE174Zl66hk7E=
 github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-collector-components/processor/elasticinframetricsprocessor v0.9.0 h1:doAq6iwGr+xeWoBS0ZKLqJZNfC/l+zUgpwtuM1SrIG0=
 github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-collector-components/processor/elasticinframetricsprocessor v0.9.0/go.mod h1:mAgyZ8oRQmMNg4mBULsXduxOt36xUEizjkmlFrZCwe8=
-github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.7.4 h1:nvc8ciUBPdorg73EbDck96WMeCBTCMUcLDbXRmaC2EI=
-github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.7.4/go.mod h1:aCZdym3mU3rW87cZmbTaKbAEe5Bb9vjtlqta3FegBAU=
+github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.8.1 h1:1QnrlBsaDKKlTlTMajgQTYdOFg42rAZLU/CH9DKZ3vE=
+github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.8.1/go.mod h1:ttRzVFcQKjogveyhxDTRMD+s6Igi5XHqV7HcU933lR8=
 github.com/elastic/pkcs8 v1.0.0 h1:HhitlUKxhN288kcNcYkjW6/ouvuwJWd9ioxpjnD9jVA=
 github.com/elastic/pkcs8 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ipsZToJfq1MxclVTwpG7U/bgeDtf+0HkUiOxebk95+0=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20180725130230-947c36da3153/go.mod h1:/Zj4wYkgs4iZTTu3o/KG3Itv/qCCa8VVMlb3i9OVuzc=