diff --git a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/requirements.txt b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/requirements.txt
index b9704e5d..c82f8f7c 100644
--- a/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/instrumentation/openinference-instrumentation-google-genai/examples/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 google-genai>=2.0.0
 openinference-instrumentation-google-genai>=0.1.0
 opentelemetry-api>=1.20.0
-opentelemetry-sdk>=1.20.0
+opentelemetry-sdk>=1.43.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.20.0