diff --git a/internal/demo/go.mod b/internal/demo/go.mod
index 1b6f0630..3a3d74fa 100644
--- a/internal/demo/go.mod
+++ b/internal/demo/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.26.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.60.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0
 	go.temporal.io/api v1.62.11
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.49.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/demo/go.sum b/internal/demo/go.sum
index 75645eba..2ad14753 100644
--- a/internal/demo/go.sum
+++ b/internal/demo/go.sum
@@ -66,18 +66,18 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9dec
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.1/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0 h1:mYIM03dnh5zfN7HautFE4ieIig9amkNANT+xcVxAj9I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0/go.mod h1:JuG+u74mvjvcm8vj8pI5XiHy1zDeoCS2LB1spIq7Ay0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0 h1:JjwHmHpA4iZ3wBxluu2fbbE7j4kqlE8jXyAyPXH7HqU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0/go.mod h1:BMgjTHL9WPRlRjL2oZCBTL4whCGtXch2H4BhOPIAyYc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.60.0 h1:cGtQxGvZbnrWdC2GyjZi0PDKVSLWP/Jocix3QWfXtbo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.60.0/go.mod h1:hkd1EekxNo69PTV4OWFGZcKQiIqg0RfuWExcPKFvepk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0 h1:d7638QeInOnuwOONPp4JAOGfbCEpYb+K6DVWvdxGzgM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0/go.mod h1:RDnPtIxvqlgO8GRW18W6Z/4P462ldprJtfxHxyKd2PY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0 h1:1w0gILTcHdr3YI+ixLyjemwrVnsMURbTZFrSYCdDdmc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0/go.mod h1:8O7hanEPBNgEMmybD3s2VBKcgWOCsA6tzHBPODAiquo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0 h1:pi5mE86i5rTeLXqoF/hhiBtUNcrAGHLKQdhg4h4V9Dg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0/go.mod h1:P+IkVU3iWukmiit/Yf9AWvpyRDlUeBaRg6Y+C58QHzg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0 h1:S88dyqXjJkuBNLeMcVPRFXpRw2fuwdvfCGLEo89fDkw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0/go.mod h1:C/RJtwSEJ5hzTiUz5pXF1kILHStzb9zFlIEe85bhj6A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0 h1:BkNrHpup+4k4w+ZZ86CZoHHEkohws8AY+WTX09nk+3A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0/go.mod h1:/QJhyVBUUswCphDVxq+8mld+AvhXZLhe+8WVFxiFff0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 h1:jxF5CsGYCe74MCRx2X4g7WsY/VBKRqqpNvXlX/6gtIk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0/go.mod h1:oLl1jrMQAVo6v3GAggN+1VH9VIz9iUSvW53sW1Q8PIE=
 go.temporal.io/api v1.62.11 h1:MWDaooDvOJCIRb1atqeZX2ErDPNTsNc3/mMEVEvvaVU=
 go.temporal.io/api v1.62.11/go.mod h1:iaxoP/9OXMJcQkETTECfwYq4cw/bj4nwov8b3ZLVnXM=
 go.temporal.io/sdk v1.43.0 h1:jHX/T2ZyBVjAtpQ/69NoMS6a+J0CpJAe+naqSB1gkvY=