diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8d6474d6a34e0eb7a7a0612a63b036b5ecb37f94..251422cf3ac45f68474a4aee74d3eec94b372cc5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ psycopg[c]==3.1.19
 opentelemetry-api==1.28.2
 opentelemetry-sdk==1.28.2
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.28.2
+opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.49b2
 
 # required for testing
 coverage==7.5.1