diff --git a/package/python-google-api-core/Config.in b/package/python-google-api-core/Config.in
index 88bc8326b5..155cd2fdd5 100644
--- a/package/python-google-api-core/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-google-api-core/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS # python-google-auth -> python-cryptography
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GOOGLE_AUTH # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GOOGLEAPIS_COMMON_PROTOS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OPENTELEMETRY_API # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PROTO_PLUS # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PROTOBUF # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_REQUESTS # runtime
diff --git a/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.hash b/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.hash
index c080165c33..c99105cd6d 100644
--- a/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.hash
+++ b/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/google-api-core/json
-md5  0b8a8deefc55775475642b4a6799e912  google_api_core-2.39.0.tar.gz
-sha256  824ee414a10adefefae33fc5e2ba28dc6f0f7089d011c9cc98ea9178e61299e9  google_api_core-2.39.0.tar.gz
+md5  96fb3d02ea327ff1051fe3a7a212b9f1  google_api_core-2.40.0.tar.gz
+sha256  ebee7d1b138b5362beecec260e6e8988ac97346562c7382ccb6f0ad8435c599f  google_api_core-2.40.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.mk b/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.mk
index 3aed7f06b6..0da2f694f3 100644
--- a/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.mk
+++ b/package/python-google-api-core/python-google-api-core.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_VERSION = 2.39.0
+PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_VERSION = 2.40.0
 PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_SOURCE = google_api_core-$(PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/44/8d/cbdc715cdfb7acd7ccf1ce2869b103734c6a3cf124afd021f56c10c17522
+PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/23/f7/0fb8c3618c783ad49da1aaf97f93a4bb9e4ed522135516b44d129a7f85bb
 PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_GOOGLE_API_CORE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE