diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4f595276..7f2e13e0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.15.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.5
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0
 )
diff --git a/internal/instruments.go b/internal/instruments.go
index 2d7dacce..49d6111e 100644
--- a/internal/instruments.go
+++ b/internal/instruments.go
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package internal
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/global"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func init() {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	meter := metric.Must(otel.Meter("github.com/go-redis/redis"))
+	meter := metric.Must(global.Meter("github.com/go-redis/redis"))
 
 	WritesCounter = meter.NewInt64Counter("redis.writes",
 		metric.WithDescription("the number of writes initiated"),