diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod
index 4b65ca58e33..a6984ecfc28 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib v0.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators v0.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators v0.18.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0