diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d59d3117..6cb3051b 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 v1.14.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index daa4fcf5..40a280d9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0 h1:CZFy2lPhxd4HlhZnYK8gRyDotksO3Ip9rBweY1vVYJw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0/go.mod h1:e4GKElweB8W2gWUqbghw0B8t5MCTccc9212eNHnOHwA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0 h1:uIWEbdeb4vpKPGITLsRVUS44L5oDbDUCZxn8lkxhmgw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0/go.mod h1:e4GKElweB8W2gWUqbghw0B8t5MCTccc9212eNHnOHwA=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=