diff --git a/components/authentication/azure/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/components/authentication/azure/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 710941caf..468e2b62f 100644
--- a/components/authentication/azure/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/components/authentication/azure/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.18.0'
 
     // This dependency is used internally, and not exposed to consumers on their own compile classpath.
-    implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.50.0'
+    implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.51.0'
     implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.50.0'
     implementation 'jakarta.annotation:jakarta.annotation-api:2.1.1'
     api 'javax.xml.stream:stax-api:1.0-2'