diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20c8ef6c81..ad629ae3fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
         <artifactId>opentelemetry-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.0</version>
+        <version>1.42.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index f203d33a4a..52f9e4fe93 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
         <artifactId>opentelemetry-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.0</version>
+        <version>1.42.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>