diff --git a/sdk/go.mod b/sdk/go.mod
index 6a472232d2c9..87b2fb677f84 100644
--- a/sdk/go.mod
+++ b/sdk/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel => ../
 require (
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0
 )
diff --git a/sdk/go.sum b/sdk/go.sum
index ea37d8353b56..8339c5fe8b64 100644
--- a/sdk/go.sum
+++ b/sdk/go.sum
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ 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=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=