diff --git a/packaging/technical-addon/Makefile b/packaging/technical-addon/Makefile
index 5bfb6f8bf8..6537fcdfe2 100644
--- a/packaging/technical-addon/Makefile
+++ b/packaging/technical-addon/Makefile
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ discovery-test-ta:
 .PHONY: update-ta-deps
 update-ta-deps:
 	SOURCE_DIR="$(SOURCE_DIR)" \
-	SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION="$(SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION)" \
 	$(SOURCE_DIR)/packaging-scripts/update-otel-version.sh
 	
 	SOURCE_DIR="$(SOURCE_DIR)" \
diff --git a/packaging/technical-addon/packaging-scripts/update-otel-version.sh b/packaging/technical-addon/packaging-scripts/update-otel-version.sh
index 2329ebc485..88d6006f1b 100755
--- a/packaging/technical-addon/packaging-scripts/update-otel-version.sh
+++ b/packaging/technical-addon/packaging-scripts/update-otel-version.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION="v0.88.0"
 SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION="${SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION:-}"
 if [ -z "$SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION" ]; then
-    SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION="$(curl "https://api.github.com/repos/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/tags" | jq -r '.[0].name')"
+    SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION="$(curl "https://api.github.com/repos/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/tags" | jq -r '[.[].name | select(test("v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+")) | sub("^v"; "")] | sort_by(split(".") | map(tonumber)) | last | "v" + .')"
 fi
 echo "updating otel to version $SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION"
 sed -i'.old' "s/^OTEL_COLLECTOR_VERSION?=.*$/OTEL_COLLECTOR_VERSION?=${SPLUNK_OTEL_VERSION#v}/g" "$SOURCE_DIR/Makefile" && rm "$SOURCE_DIR/Makefile.old"