diff --git a/examples/hello-world/pyproject.toml b/examples/hello-world/pyproject.toml
index 62681f0..d6f6032 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/hello-world/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"
 honeycomb-opentelemetry = {path = "../../", develop = true}
-opentelemetry-api = "1.25.0"
+opentelemetry-api = "1.27.0"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]