diff --git a/helpers/sql/opentelemetry-helpers-sql.gemspec b/helpers/sql/opentelemetry-helpers-sql.gemspec
index d006d9211e..055c76f318 100644
--- a/helpers/sql/opentelemetry-helpers-sql.gemspec
+++ b/helpers/sql/opentelemetry-helpers-sql.gemspec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.71.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-performance', '~> 1.23.0'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.17.1'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.22.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9'
 
   if spec.respond_to?(:metadata)