diff --git a/exporter/otlp/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.gemspec b/exporter/otlp/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.gemspec
index 77fe87c65..e0dfd6b52 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.gemspec
+++ b/exporter/otlp/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '>= 3.18'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-sdk', '~> 1.2'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-sdk', '~> 1.10'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-semantic_conventions'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.2.0'