diff --git a/processor/k8sprocessor/go.mod b/processor/k8sprocessor/go.mod
index e2b4b4cb1a7a..c647f7765b5d 100644
--- a/processor/k8sprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/k8sprocessor/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.14
 require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	go.opencensus.io v0.22.5
+	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.19.1-0.20210127225953-68c5961f7bc2
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.20.2
diff --git a/processor/k8sprocessor/go.sum b/processor/k8sprocessor/go.sum
index 52d6969760f3..04cba53c4347 100644
--- a/processor/k8sprocessor/go.sum
+++ b/processor/k8sprocessor/go.sum
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.1/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.1/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4 h1:L8R9j+yAqZuZjsqh/z+F1NCffTKKLShY6zXTItVIZ8M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 h1:Xkwi/a1rcvNg1PPYe5vI8GbeBY/jrVuDX5ASuANWTrk=
@@ -990,6 +991,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5 h1:dntmOdLpSpHlVqbW5Eay97DelsZHe+55D+xC6i0dDS0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
+go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 h1:gqCw0LfLxScz8irSi8exQc7fyQ0fKQU/qnC/X8+V/1M=
+go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.19.1-0.20210127225953-68c5961f7bc2 h1:XE4VegZBlHN+Jab2mITYwd+bJo2CHTmLG2MmL0FoSTU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.19.1-0.20210127225953-68c5961f7bc2/go.mod h1:KZcMoF4fYwruBKDP0e3Xi4fW6sYnia0xqw+WlVQzeuA=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
@@ -1390,6 +1393,7 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.31.0/go.mod h1:N36X2cJ7JwdamYAgDz+s+rVMFjt3numwzf/HckM
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.31.1/go.mod h1:N36X2cJ7JwdamYAgDz+s+rVMFjt3numwzf/HckM8pak=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.32.0/go.mod h1:N36X2cJ7JwdamYAgDz+s+rVMFjt3numwzf/HckM8pak=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.1/go.mod h1:fr5YgcSWrqhRRxogOsw7RzIpsmvOZ6IcH4kBYTpR3n0=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.2/go.mod h1:JMHMWHQWaTccqQQlmk3MJZS+GWXOdAesneDmEnv2fbc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.35.0 h1:TwIQcH3es+MojMVojxxfQ3l3OF2KzlRxML2xZq0kRo8=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.35.0/go.mod h1:qjiiYl8FncCW8feJPdyg3v6XW24KsRHe+dy9BAGRRjU=
 google.golang.org/grpc/examples v0.0.0-20200728065043-dfc0c05b2da9 h1:f+/+gfZ/tfaHBXXiv1gWRmCej6wlX3mLY4bnLpI99wk=