open-telemetry · xrmx · Jan 23, 2026 · Jan 13, 2026 · Jan 14, 2026 · Jan 14, 2026
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#3819](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3819))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics`: Add support for the `OTEL_PYTHON_SYSTEM_METRICS_EXCLUDED_METRICS` environment variable
   ([#3959](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3959))
-- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx`: add ability to capture custom headers 
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx`: add ability to capture custom headers
   ([#4047](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/4047))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka`: Increase confluent-kafka upper bound to support newer versions
+  ([#4099](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/4099))
 
 ### Fixed
 

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ botocore~=1.0
 boto3~=1.0
 cassandra-driver~=3.25
 celery>=4.0
-confluent-kafka>= 1.8.2,<= 2.11.0
+confluent-kafka>= 1.8.2,<= 2.13.0
 elasticsearch>=6.0,<9.0
 flask~=2.0
 falcon~=2.0

diff --git a/instrumentation/README.md b/instrumentation/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra) | cassandra-driver ~= 3.25,scylla-driver ~= 3.25 | No | development
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery) | celery >= 4.0, < 6.0 | No | development
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-click](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-click) | click >= 8.1.3, < 9.0.0 | No | development
-| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka) | confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.11.0 | No | development
+| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka) | confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.13.0 | No | development
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi) | dbapi | No | development
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-django](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-django) | django >= 1.10 | Yes | development
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch) | elasticsearch >= 6.0 | No | development

diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 instruments = [
-  "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.11.0",
+  "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.13.0",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points.opentelemetry_instrumentor]

diff --git a/...trumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/package.py b/...trumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/package.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-_instruments = ("confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.11.0",)
+_instruments = ("confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.13.0",)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/test-requirements.txt b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 asgiref==3.8.1
-confluent-kafka==2.11.0
+confluent-kafka==2.13.0
 Deprecated==1.2.14
 iniconfig==2.0.0
 packaging==24.0

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         "instrumentation": "opentelemetry-instrumentation-click==0.61b0.dev",
     },
     {
-        "library": "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.11.0",
+        "library": "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.13.0",
         "instrumentation": "opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka==0.61b0.dev",
     },
     {
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Expand Up		@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
		# limitations under the License.


		_instruments = ("confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.11.0",)
		_instruments = ("confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.13.0",)