diff --git a/.github/component_owners.yml b/.github/component_owners.yml
index 347224bafc..739960cbc1 100644
--- a/.github/component_owners.yml
+++ b/.github/component_owners.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 components:
   instrumentation/active_storage:
     - ymtdzzz
+  instrumentation/anthropic:
+    - robertlaurin
   instrumentation/aws_sdk:
     - jterapin
     - alextwoods
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-instrumentation-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-instrumentation-full.yml
index 20a6976f3a..2e2f8f672f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-instrumentation-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-instrumentation-full.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       - 'instrumentation/active_record/**'
       - 'instrumentation/active_storage/**'
       - 'instrumentation/active_support/**'
+      - 'instrumentation/anthropic/**'
       - 'instrumentation/aws_sdk/**'
       - 'instrumentation/aws_lambda/**'
       - 'instrumentation/base/**'
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           - active_record
           - active_storage
           - active_support
+          - anthropic
           - aws_sdk
           - aws_lambda
           - base
diff --git a/instrumentation/anthropic/Appraisals b/instrumentation/anthropic/Appraisals
index 455df1f70e..ea4b6271c8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/anthropic/Appraisals
+++ b/instrumentation/anthropic/Appraisals
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-appraise 'anthropic-latest' do
-  gem 'anthropic'
-end
+# Anthropic gem requires Ruby 3.2
+if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('3.2.0')
+  appraise 'anthropic-latest' do
+    gem 'anthropic'
+  end
 
-appraise 'anthropic-1.9.0' do
-  gem 'anthropic', '~> 1.9.0'
+  appraise 'anthropic-1.9.0' do
+    gem 'anthropic', '~> 1.9.0'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/instrumentation/anthropic/Gemfile b/instrumentation/anthropic/Gemfile
index 328c9497a4..e04a52a1c1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/anthropic/Gemfile
+++ b/instrumentation/anthropic/Gemfile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ gemspec
 
 group :test do
   gem 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
-  gem 'debug'
   gem 'bundler', '~> 2.4'
   gem 'minitest', '~> 5.0'
   gem 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-net_http', path: '../net_http'
diff --git a/instrumentation/anthropic/test/test_helper.rb b/instrumentation/anthropic/test/test_helper.rb
index 6ab0dbbbbc..02fc552bfd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/anthropic/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/anthropic/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 require 'minitest/autorun'
 require 'webmock/minitest'
 require 'anthropic'
-require 'debug/prelude'
 require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-net_http'
 
 # global opentelemetry-sdk setup:
diff --git a/releases/Gemfile b/releases/Gemfile
index a23243daf7..ef1f02d1ae 100644
--- a/releases/Gemfile
+++ b/releases/Gemfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'mutex_m' if Gem::Requirement.new('>= 3.4').satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION))
 
+gem 'anthropic'
 gem 'aws_sdk'
 gem 'bunny'
 gem 'concurrent-ruby'