diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e3cab9a..ec171ad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "taskgen-ai"
-version = "3.4.1"
+version = "3.4.2"
 authors = [
   { name="John Tan Chong Min", email="tanchongmin@gmail.com" },
 ]
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = ["openai>=1.59.6",
 "langchain", "dill>=0.3.9", "termcolor>=3.1.0", "requests",
 "python-docx", "pandas", "xlrd",
-"asyncio", "opentelemetry-sdk~=1.32.1"]
+"asyncio", "opentelemetry-sdk~=1.35.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/simbianai/taskgen"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e513baa..2d6c9be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ python-docx
 pandas
 xlrd
 asyncio
-#this specific version due to pycti in sa
-opentelemetry-sdk~=1.32.1
+#this specific version due to pycti in sa (updated for pycti 6.8.7)
+opentelemetry-sdk~=1.35.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc59078..4173886 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="taskgen",
-    version="3.4.1",
+    version="3.4.2",
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
         "openai>=1.59.6",