diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
index fadd67dc55b..2187d6c2494 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
## Unreleased
+* Added a direct dependency on System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight which
+ previously came transitively through the OpenTelemetry SDK.
+ ([#4140](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/4140))
+
## 1.4.0-rc.3
Released 2023-Feb-01
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
index 4c152e42d23..0a4cdcb2291 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.csproj
@@ -10,27 +10,19 @@
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diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index d2877411797..9940288268f 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
## Unreleased
+* Removed the dependency on System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight
+ ([#4140](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/4140))
+
## 1.4.0-rc.3
Released 2023-Feb-01
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetry.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetry.csproj
index cb741ecfd6d..65e87e8f969 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetry.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetry.csproj
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
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