diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 3723972e3..ea0b444e4 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationVersion = "2.7.0"
 val OpenTelemetryInstrumentationAlphaVersion = "2.5.0-alpha"
 val OpenTelemetrySemConvVersion = "1.27.0-alpha"
 val OpenTelemetryProtoVersion = "1.1.0-alpha"
-val PekkoStreamVersion = "1.1.0"
+val PekkoStreamVersion = "1.1.1"
 val PekkoHttpVersion = "1.0.1"
 val PlatformVersion = "1.0.2"
 val ScodecVersion = "1.1.38"
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala
index 4cf49b947..81c94db9f 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/PekkoHttpExample.scala
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration._
   * .settings(
   *   libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   *     "org.typelevel"                   %% "otel4s-oteljava"                           % "0.5.0",
-  *     "org.apache.pekko"                %% "pekko-stream"                              % "1.1.0",
+  *     "org.apache.pekko"                %% "pekko-stream"                              % "1.1.1",
   *     "org.apache.pekko"                %% "pekko-http"                                % "1.0.1",
   *     "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation" % "opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations" % "2.7.0",
   *     "io.opentelemetry"                 % "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp"               % "1.42.1" % Runtime,