diff --git a/datadog_wrapper b/datadog_wrapper
index 9ee5b2b..c66e35e 100644
--- a/datadog_wrapper
+++ b/datadog_wrapper
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ setUpDotnetEnv() {
 setUpJavaEnv() {
     echo "Setting up Datadog tracing for Java"
     if [ -z "${DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION}" ]; then
-        DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION=1.42.0
+        DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION=1.44.1
     fi
 
     echo "Using version ${DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION} of the JAVA tracer"