diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 3308050a8..507cc7503 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ object Dependencies {
     )
 
     val observability: Seq[ModuleID] = Seq(
-      "org.typelevel"   %% "otel4s-oteljava"                           % "0.6.0",
+      "org.typelevel"   %% "otel4s-oteljava"                           % "0.8.0",
       "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp"               % "1.40.0" % Runtime,
       "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure" % "1.40.0" % Runtime
     )
 
-    val database: Seq[ModuleID] = Seq(
-      "org.tpolecat" %% "skunk-core"  % "1.0.0-M6",
-      "org.tpolecat" %% "skunk-circe" % "1.0.0-M6"
+    val skunk: Seq[ModuleID] = Seq(
+      "org.tpolecat" %% "skunk-core"  % "1.0.0-M7",
+      "org.tpolecat" %% "skunk-circe" % "1.0.0-M7"
     ) ++ tests
 
     val doobie: Seq[ModuleID] = Seq(
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val flags: Seq[ModuleID]      = Seq(
       "org.typelevel" %% "literally" % "1.2.0"
     ) ++ tests
+
     val httpClient: Seq[ModuleID] = http4sClient ++ http4s ++ tests
     val core: Seq[ModuleID]       =
         effect ++ json ++ tapir ++ http4s ++ http4sServer ++ model ++ commandLine ++ logging ++ observability ++ tests