diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1cae8a28b..b71161ccd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/envoyproxy/ratelimit
 go 1.23.9
 
 require (
-	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.5.0
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.8.1
 	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.33.0
 	github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache v0.0.0-20230905024940-24af94b03874
 	github.com/coocood/freecache v1.2.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 16d1824cc..d574154ba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 h1:56OvJKSH3hDGL0ml5uSxZmz3/3Pq4tJ+fb1unVLAFcY=
 cel.dev/expr v0.24.0/go.mod h1:hLPLo1W4QUmuYdA72RBX06QTs6MXw941piREPl3Yfiw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.5.0 h1:G5KHeB8pWBNXT4Jtw0zAkhdxEAWSpWH00geHI6LDrKU=
-github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.5.0/go.mod h1:K9kcYBlxkcPP8tvvjZZKs/m1edNAUFzBbdpTUKfCsuw=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.8.1 h1:+GOES5W9zpKlhwHptZVW2C0NLVf7ilr7pHkDcbNvpIc=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.8.1/go.mod h1:K9kcYBlxkcPP8tvvjZZKs/m1edNAUFzBbdpTUKfCsuw=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.0 h1:Elr9Wn+sGKPlkaBvwu4mTrxtmOp3F3yV9qhaHbXGjwU=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.0/go.mod h1:JPGBdM1cNvN/6ISo+n8V5iA4v8pBzdOpzfwIujj1a84=
 github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20230218143504-906a9b012302 h1:uvdUDbHQHO85qeSydJtItA4T55Pw6BtAejd0APRJOCE=