diff --git a/api/opentelemetry-api.gemspec b/api/opentelemetry-api.gemspec
index dab247f30..17c622c98 100644
--- a/api/opentelemetry-api.gemspec
+++ b/api/opentelemetry-api.gemspec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
                ['LICENSE', '.yardopts']
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.1'
+  spec.add_dependency 'logger'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'benchmark-ipsa', '~> 0.2.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '>= 1.17'
diff --git a/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec b/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec
index 93c87fd26..20bf7b998 100644
--- a/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec
+++ b/sdk/opentelemetry-sdk.gemspec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.1'
 
+  spec.add_dependency 'logger'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-registry', '~> 0.2'