diff --git a/datadog_wrapper b/datadog_wrapper
index 8a773bc..98ee997 100644
--- a/datadog_wrapper
+++ b/datadog_wrapper
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ setUpDotnetEnv() {
 setUpJavaEnv() {
     echo "Setting up Datadog tracing for Java"
     if [ -z "${DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION}" ]; then
-        DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION=1.31.2
+        DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION=1.37.1
     fi
 
     echo "Using version ${DD_JAVA_TRACER_VERSION} of the JAVA tracer"