diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-api/opentelemetry-api-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-api/opentelemetry-api-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
index 869efe4d5a61..332b6a67f871 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-api/opentelemetry-api-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-api/opentelemetry-api-1.0/javaagent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dependencies {
 configurations.configureEach {
   if (name == "testRuntimeClasspath" || name == "testCompileClasspath") {
     resolutionStrategy {
-      // earliest version that works with out test harness
+      // earliest version that works with our test harness
       force("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.4.0")
     }
   }