diff --git a/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 04bd808f0..6478c8637 100644
--- a/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/riptide-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <opentelemetry.version>1.17.0</opentelemetry.version>
-        <opentelemetry-semconv.version>${opentelemetry.version}-alpha</opentelemetry-semconv.version>
+        <opentelemetry-semconv.version>1.21.0-alpha</opentelemetry-semconv.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>