diff --git a/observability-tracing-aws-xray/helm/values.yaml b/observability-tracing-aws-xray/helm/values.yaml
index 2ffa46e0..2c0abc0f 100644
--- a/observability-tracing-aws-xray/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/observability-tracing-aws-xray/helm/values.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ opentelemetry-collector:
 
   image:
     repository: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
-    tag: 0.151.0
+    tag: 0.161.0
 
   serviceAccount:
     create: true