diff --git a/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md
index f06970d406..d559ac2ecf 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-stdout/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## vNext
 
+### Changed
+
+- Adjusted `chrono` features to reduce number of transitive dependencies. [#1569](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/1569)
+
 ## v0.2.0
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml
index 851fd70972..abe9e36a19 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-stdout/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ logs = ["opentelemetry/logs", "opentelemetry_sdk/logs", "async-trait", "thiserro
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-chrono = { version = "0.4.22", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
+chrono = { version = "0.4.34", default-features = false, features = ["now"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.21", path = "../opentelemetry", default_features = false }