diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d343aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RELEASE_TYPE: patch
+
+Update elastic APM libraries, needed to avoid JNA issue on M1 macs.
+
+See https://github.com/wellcomecollection/scala-libs/pull/236
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 15c37b3e..d7989bdc 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import sbt._
 
 object Dependencies {
   lazy val versions = new {
-    val elasticApm = "1.22.0"
+    val elasticApm = "1.45.0"
     val elastic4s = "8.8.1"
 
     val aws = "2.19.0"