diff --git a/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.mod b/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.mod
index 3c02d7131d0a..c687374b84ed 100644
--- a/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/uptrace/uptrace-go v0.8.3
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.2.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.21.1-0.20210302184358-0961efb54f1f
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 )
diff --git a/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.sum b/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.sum
index af2dc6b275bc..ba0a1fce6a1c 100644
--- a/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/uptraceexporter/go.sum
@@ -1057,17 +1057,25 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.17.0/go.mod h1:enhR45LXh2I5D3afc2Xdl9dm3vU23sKIZjkt0a4e+JE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0 h1:6MKOu8WY4hmfpQ4oQn34u6rYhnf2sWf1LXYO/UFm71U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0/go.mod h1:Oqtdxmf7UtEvL037ohlgnaYa1h7GtMh0NcSd9eqkC9s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0 h1:d5Of7+Zw4ANFOJB+TIn2K3QWsgS2Ht7OU9DqZHI6qu8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0/go.mod h1:PT5zQj4lTsR1YeARt8YNKcFb88/c2IKoSABK9mX0r78=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NJ6kp8glOLKmXyjTM3I/ChQwUcE6rSdWd8AqGO/Av/w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.17.0 h1:t+5EioN8YFXQ2EH+1j6FHCKMUj+57zIDSnSGr/mWuug=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hUz9lH1rNXyEwWAhIWCMFWKhYtpASgSnObJFnU26dJ0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.18.0 h1:yuZCmY9e1ZTaMlZXLrrbAPmYW6tW1A5ozOZeOYGaTaY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.18.0/go.mod h1:kEH2QtzAyBy3xDVQfGZKIcok4ZZFvd5xyKPfPcuK6pE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0 h1:TyAihUowTDLqb4+m5ePAsR71xPJaTBJl4KDArIdi9k4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0/go.mod h1:JT/LGFxPwpN+nlsTiinSYjdIx3hZIGqHCpChcIZmdoE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.18.0 h1:FbKDFm/LnQDOHuGjED+fy3s5YMVg0z019GJ9Er66hYo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.18.0/go.mod h1:NyierCU3/G8DLTva7KRzGii2fdxdR89zXKH1bNWY7Bo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0 h1:eHXQwanmbtSHM/GcJYbJ8FyyH/sT9a0e+1Z9ZWkF7Ug=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0/go.mod h1:INs1PePjjF2hf842AXsxGTe5lH023QfLTZRFPiV/RUk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:G9SxRFvGmGpdmJ8TEXnTEnnRuR5p3cg/tRvWkA/XHvo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:zAX55SrmDMpZwfQrz1PKIPbCP5beU+JPQTfNko01deo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0 h1:SBOj64/GAOyWzs5F680yW1ITIfJkm6cJWL2YAvuL9xY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0/go.mod h1:bIujpqg6ZL6xUTubIUgziI1jSaUPthmabA/ygf/6Cfg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.18.0 h1:ilCfc/fptVKaDMK1vWk0elxpolurJbEgey9J6g6s+wk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.18.0/go.mod h1:FzdUu3BPwZSZebfQ1vl5/tAa8LyMLXSJN57AXIt/iDk=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=