diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded.txt
index bfb80f6e6..f6150114c 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 Comparing source compatibility of prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-1.8.1-SNAPSHOT.jar against prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-1.8.0.jar
-***! MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC io.prometheus.metrics.exporter.opentelemetry.OpenTelemetryExporter  (not serializable)
-	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
-	---! REMOVED CONSTRUCTOR: PUBLIC(-) OpenTelemetryExporter(io.prometheus.metrics.shaded.io_opentelemetry_2_28_1_alpha.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader)
-	+++  NEW CONSTRUCTOR: PUBLIC(+) OpenTelemetryExporter(io.prometheus.metrics.shaded.io_opentelemetry_2_29_0_alpha.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader)
-
+No changes.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6dcfb7391..b64c86d7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
     <wiremock.version>3.13.2</wiremock.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>6.1.0</junit-jupiter.version>
-    <otel.instrumentation.version>2.29.0-alpha</otel.instrumentation.version>
+    <otel.instrumentation.version>2.28.1-alpha</otel.instrumentation.version>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <test.java.version>25</test.java.version>
     <!-- Bumped by .github/workflows/bump-api-diff-baseline.yml after each release. -->