diff --git a/release/smoke-tests/otel-span-exporter/requirements.txt b/release/smoke-tests/otel-span-exporter/requirements.txt
index 6968658846..d73707f513 100644
--- a/release/smoke-tests/otel-span-exporter/requirements.txt
+++ b/release/smoke-tests/otel-span-exporter/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 backoff==1.10.0
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi==2024.7.4
 charset-normalizer==2.0.9
 Deprecated==1.2.13
 googleapis-common-protos==1.53.0