diff --git a/processors/minsev/go.mod b/processors/minsev/go.mod
index cb79ba6b5ef..37fefba93ec 100644
--- a/processors/minsev/go.mod
+++ b/processors/minsev/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.4.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.4.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.4.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.4.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546
 )
 
 require (
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/processors/minsev/go.sum b/processors/minsev/go.sum
index daec7da1660..1a2a3ea4d56 100644
--- a/processors/minsev/go.sum
+++ b/processors/minsev/go.sum
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 h1:/SqNcYk+idO0CxKEUOtKQClMK/MimZihKYMruSMViUo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0/go.mod h1:q68ijF8Fc8CnMHKyzqL6akLO46ePnjkgfIMIjUIX9z4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.4.0 h1:/vZ+3Utqh18e8TPjuc3ecg284078KWrR8BRz+PQAj3o=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.4.0/go.mod h1:DhGnQvky7pHy82MIRV43iXh3FlKN8UUKftn0KbLOq6I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 h1:f0HGvSl1KRAU1DLgLGFjrwVyismPlnuU6JD6bOeuA5Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0/go.mod h1:Fb1eVBFZmLVTMb6PPohq3TO9IIhUisDsbJoL/+uQW4s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0 h1:b9d7hIry8yZsgtbmM0DKyPWMMUMlK9NEKuIG4aBqWyE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0/go.mod h1:oYj7ClPUA7Iw3m+r7GeEjz0qckQRJK2B8zjcZEfu7Pg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.4.0 h1:1mMI22L82zLqf6KtkjrRy5BbagOTWdJsqMY/HSqILAA=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.4.0/go.mod h1:AYJ9FVF0hNOgAVzUG/ybg/QttnXhUePWAupmCqtdESo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 h1:GhQ9cUuQGmNDd5BTCP2dAvv75RdMxEfTmYejp+lkx9g=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0/go.mod h1:jPyXzNPg6da9+38HEwElrQiHlVMTnVfM3/yv2OlIHaI=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0 h1:Twjiwq9dn6R1fQcyiK+wQyHWfaz/BJB+YIpzU/Cv3Xg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.24.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 h1:+2PkfVXGd6+uIqrsad7WJrxH/hyPcSXaJU+NBjeF2i0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546/go.mod h1:q68ijF8Fc8CnMHKyzqL6akLO46ePnjkgfIMIjUIX9z4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.4.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 h1:PQA8upi2HRtSy3TIZkboP1jDoQghI0iDNZ36fbubxjk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.4.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546/go.mod h1:DhGnQvky7pHy82MIRV43iXh3FlKN8UUKftn0KbLOq6I=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 h1:5Z+VcSAvUx6T5RS6VXxQTySbyuRHQ8FophCtFQlDD5U=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546/go.mod h1:Fb1eVBFZmLVTMb6PPohq3TO9IIhUisDsbJoL/+uQW4s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 h1:SX1P1762JFSZAEuuVdMg8LcWRz2xZwg1CuL9D0m/0jA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546/go.mod h1:2rWjAcMkswukLVtzgzFcx4Ixw5JEmGaaYmMLGy6mBio=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.4.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 h1:UpKIPgZFaN19n7PlfWKAuPrPBPVlJfbfBDNYE9RWcQk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.4.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546/go.mod h1:+Vq8S7zgof3KWrjJaY9gekXdEhhPyHcI2vKpJ42vXXM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546 h1:89zRePDon3uT4t9MnJSJxfgL6AL2wQkgnWjhua993go=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.1-0.20240807055449-d0a45b887546/go.mod h1:jPyXzNPg6da9+38HEwElrQiHlVMTnVfM3/yv2OlIHaI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0 h1:YfKFowiIMvtgl1UERQoTPPToxltDeZfbj4H7dVUCwmM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/processors/minsev/minsev.go b/processors/minsev/minsev.go
index 24924f9a5ed..aeb135d8946 100644
--- a/processors/minsev/minsev.go
+++ b/processors/minsev/minsev.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var _ log.Processor = (*LogProcessor)(nil)
 // OnEmit passes ctx and r to the [log.Processor] that p wraps if the severity
 // of record is greater than or equal to p.Minimum. Otherwise, record is
 // dropped.
-func (p *LogProcessor) OnEmit(ctx context.Context, record log.Record) error {
+func (p *LogProcessor) OnEmit(ctx context.Context, record *log.Record) error {
 	if record.Severity() >= p.Minimum {
 		return p.Processor.OnEmit(ctx, record)
 	}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ var defaultProcessor = noopProcessor{}
 
 type noopProcessor struct{}
 
-func (p noopProcessor) OnEmit(context.Context, log.Record) error { return nil }
-func (p noopProcessor) Enabled(context.Context, log.Record) bool { return false }
-func (p noopProcessor) Shutdown(context.Context) error           { return nil }
-func (p noopProcessor) ForceFlush(context.Context) error         { return nil }
+func (p noopProcessor) OnEmit(context.Context, *log.Record) error { return nil }
+func (p noopProcessor) Enabled(context.Context, log.Record) bool  { return false }
+func (p noopProcessor) Shutdown(context.Context) error            { return nil }
+func (p noopProcessor) ForceFlush(context.Context) error          { return nil }
diff --git a/processors/minsev/minsev_test.go b/processors/minsev/minsev_test.go
index 645895a54ac..a19ad475fc2 100644
--- a/processors/minsev/minsev_test.go
+++ b/processors/minsev/minsev_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var severities = []api.Severity{
 
 type args struct {
 	Ctx    context.Context
-	Record log.Record
+	Record *log.Record
 }
 
 type processor struct {
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ type processor struct {
 	ShutdownCalls   []context.Context
 }
 
-func (p *processor) OnEmit(ctx context.Context, r log.Record) error {
+func (p *processor) OnEmit(ctx context.Context, r *log.Record) error {
 	p.OnEmitCalls = append(p.OnEmitCalls, args{ctx, r})
 	return p.ReturnErr
 }
 
 func (p *processor) Enabled(ctx context.Context, r log.Record) bool {
-	p.EnabledCalls = append(p.EnabledCalls, args{ctx, r})
+	p.EnabledCalls = append(p.EnabledCalls, args{ctx, &r})
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ func TestLogProcessorOnEmit(t *testing.T) {
 		r := &log.Record{}
 		for _, sev := range severities {
 			r.SetSeverity(sev)
-			assert.ErrorIs(t, p.OnEmit(ctx, *r), assert.AnError, sev.String())
+			assert.ErrorIs(t, p.OnEmit(ctx, r), assert.AnError, sev.String())
 
 			if assert.Lenf(t, wrapped.OnEmitCalls, 1, "Record with severity %s not passed-through", sev) {
 				assert.Equal(t, ctx, wrapped.OnEmitCalls[0].Ctx, sev.String())
-				assert.Equal(t, *r, wrapped.OnEmitCalls[0].Record, sev.String())
+				assert.Equal(t, r, wrapped.OnEmitCalls[0].Record, sev.String())
 			}
 			wrapped.Reset()
 		}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestLogProcessorOnEmit(t *testing.T) {
 		r := &log.Record{}
 		for _, sev := range severities {
 			r.SetSeverity(sev)
-			assert.NoError(t, p.OnEmit(ctx, *r), assert.AnError, sev.String())
+			assert.NoError(t, p.OnEmit(ctx, r), assert.AnError, sev.String())
 
 			if !assert.Lenf(t, wrapped.OnEmitCalls, 0, "Record with severity %s passed-through", sev) {
 				wrapped.Reset()
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestLogProcessorEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 			if assert.Lenf(t, wrapped.EnabledCalls, 1, "Record with severity %s not passed-through", sev) {
 				assert.Equal(t, ctx, wrapped.EnabledCalls[0].Ctx, sev.String())
-				assert.Equal(t, *r, wrapped.EnabledCalls[0].Record, sev.String())
+				assert.Equal(t, r, wrapped.EnabledCalls[0].Record, sev.String())
 			}
 			wrapped.Reset()
 		}
@@ -156,20 +156,20 @@ func TestLogProcessorShutdownPassthrough(t *testing.T) {
 func TestLogProcessorNilDownstream(t *testing.T) {
 	p := NewLogProcessor(nil, api.SeverityTrace1)
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	r := log.Record{}
+	r := new(log.Record)
 	r.SetSeverity(api.SeverityTrace1)
 	assert.NotPanics(t, func() {
 		assert.NoError(t, p.OnEmit(ctx, r))
-		assert.False(t, p.Enabled(ctx, r))
+		assert.False(t, p.Enabled(ctx, *r))
 		assert.NoError(t, p.ForceFlush(ctx))
 		assert.NoError(t, p.Shutdown(ctx))
 	})
 }
 
 func BenchmarkLogProcessor(b *testing.B) {
-	rPtr := new(log.Record)
-	rPtr.SetSeverity(api.SeverityTrace)
-	ctx, r := context.Background(), *rPtr
+	r := new(log.Record)
+	r.SetSeverity(api.SeverityTrace)
+	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	run := func(p log.Processor) func(b *testing.B) {
 		return func(b *testing.B) {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func BenchmarkLogProcessor(b *testing.B) {
 			var enabled bool
 			b.ReportAllocs()
 			for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-				enabled = p.Enabled(ctx, r)
+				enabled = p.Enabled(ctx, *r)
 				err = p.OnEmit(ctx, r)
 			}