diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc/package.json b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc/package.json
index 5a9f5b2a4d5..8463c606d4d 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc/package.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "7.16.0",
+    "@babel/core": "7.29.6",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
     "@opentelemetry/api-metrics": "0.30.0",
     "@types/mocha": "8.2.3",