diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bd6a3d72f9..0d15dd0fbb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.30
 	github.com/DataDog/sketches-go v1.4.7
 	github.com/DmitriyVTitov/size v1.5.0
-	github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.0
+	github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.1
 	github.com/IBM/ibm-cos-sdk-go v1.12.3
 	github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18 v18.4.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb v1.52.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3cd471667f..9abdede497 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapp
 github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping v0.53.0/go.mod h1:cSgYe11MCNYunTnRXrKiR/tHc0eoKjICUuWpNZoVCOo=
 github.com/HdrHistogram/hdrhistogram-go v1.1.2 h1:5IcZpTvzydCQeHzK4Ef/D5rrSqwxob0t8PQPMybUNFM=
 github.com/HdrHistogram/hdrhistogram-go v1.1.2/go.mod h1:yDgFjdqOqDEKOvasDdhWNXYg9BVp4O+o5f6V/ehm6Oo=
-github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.0 h1:DUnYhvC4SoC8T84rx5omnhY3+xcQg/Whyoa3mDPIMkk=
-github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.0/go.mod h1:Q3BYO6iDA2zweQPDGbNTtqft5tDcEpm6RTuqMlPcvbw=
+github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.1 h1:RvRth40PoOTC0v8F1wQlvW54ciThpHNqqxabDax6xB8=
+github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.1/go.mod h1:Tdc8FZmYa0A6Aomj4zOEJ22d2gQ/WAIAvJ5273pOn2s=
 github.com/IBM/ibm-cos-sdk-go v1.12.3 h1:kMIs1nfPY0UXAMcW6bq8O9WOd6KgqiDBnIMd0e/fMqA=
 github.com/IBM/ibm-cos-sdk-go v1.12.3/go.mod h1:dt13UIqJRgfGIlSNlnf17JmAXlBXhfTgXLKV3as8ABk=
 github.com/IBM/sarama v1.46.3 h1:njRsX6jNlnR+ClJ8XmkO+CM4unbrNr/2vB5KK6UA+IE=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5/core/version.go b/vendor/github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5/core/version.go
index 5b70ae7ff9..ef6334c32b 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5/core/version.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5/core/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ package core
 // limitations under the License.
 
 // Version of the SDK
-const __VERSION__ = "5.21.0"
+const __VERSION__ = "5.21.1"
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 0d774321d0..c91a7759d2 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/metric
 github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping
 # github.com/HdrHistogram/hdrhistogram-go v1.1.2
 ## explicit; go 1.14
-# github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.0
-## explicit; go 1.23.0
+# github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5 v5.21.1
+## explicit; go 1.24.0
 github.com/IBM/go-sdk-core/v5/core
 # github.com/IBM/ibm-cos-sdk-go v1.12.3
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0