diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 43f88a6..1fde60a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1330,6 +1330,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "urlencoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900d57987be3f2aeb70d385fff9b27fb74c5723cc9a52d904d4f9c807a0667bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "js-sys",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "thiserror",
+ "urlencoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-otlp"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -1339,7 +1354,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures-core",
  "http",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
  "opentelemetry-proto",
  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
@@ -1355,7 +1370,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2e155ce5cc812ea3d1dffbd1539aed653de4bf4882d60e6e04dcf0901d674e1"
 dependencies = [
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "prost",
  "tonic",
@@ -1367,7 +1382,7 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f5774f1ef1f982ef2a447f6ee04ec383981a3ab99c8e77a1a7b30182e65bbc84"
 dependencies = [
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1383,7 +1398,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "glob",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
  "ordered-float",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand",
@@ -1785,7 +1800,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "diesel",
  "diesel-async",
  "diesel_migrations",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.22.0",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "password-hash",
@@ -2453,7 +2468,7 @@ checksum = "c67ac25c5407e7b961fafc6f7e9aa5958fd297aada2d20fa2ae1737357e55596"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.21.0",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "smallvec",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml
index ef369f4..bd24b14 100644
--- a/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.4.7", features = ["derive"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["fmt", "json"] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.22.0" }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.21.0" }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.22.0" }
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.21.2", features = [
     "rt-tokio-current-thread",
 ] }