diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
index adccb3a8da4f..76f43acf138d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "opentelemetry-collector";
-  version = "0.80.0";
+  version = "0.81.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "open-telemetry";
     repo = "opentelemetry-collector";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Etm4VbLnkxDxWZqi5T+QfqCAUG1cqJzcSCV346ZxgP8=";
+    hash = "sha256-yywmnJUTigDYeiAuK0f2511vh6sS4oD4hJLPozAlWz4=";
   };
   # there is a nested go.mod
   sourceRoot = "source/cmd/otelcorecol";
-  vendorHash = "sha256-O4NnXJHAP54tejolwp/G9n4ogW5daOZxTQ2NKSCtefE=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-BNIQ0pTHGgwWw1cy7au6hUeECC8oGsSkxaX5BUCRG9Y=";
 
   # upstream strongly recommends disabling CGO
   # additionally dependencies have had issues when GCO was enabled that weren't caught upstream