diff --git a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.mod b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.mod
index 2adfaa8a9a84..577348f1639c 100644
--- a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.mod
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opencensus.io v0.22.5
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.19.1-0.20210127225953-68c5961f7bc2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.15.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.18.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.35.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200904004341-0bd0a958aa1d
diff --git a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.sum b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.sum
index bd0ac637798e..0ad3ad48655f 100644
--- a/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/stackdriverexporter/go.sum
@@ -996,8 +996,16 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.19.1-0.20210127225953-68c5961f7bc2 h1:XE4VegZBl
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.19.1-0.20210127225953-68c5961f7bc2/go.mod h1:KZcMoF4fYwruBKDP0e3Xi4fW6sYnia0xqw+WlVQzeuA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0 h1:CZFy2lPhxd4HlhZnYK8gRyDotksO3Ip9rBweY1vVYJw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0/go.mod h1:e4GKElweB8W2gWUqbghw0B8t5MCTccc9212eNHnOHwA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0 h1:d5Of7+Zw4ANFOJB+TIn2K3QWsgS2Ht7OU9DqZHI6qu8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0/go.mod h1:PT5zQj4lTsR1YeARt8YNKcFb88/c2IKoSABK9mX0r78=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.18.0 h1:yuZCmY9e1ZTaMlZXLrrbAPmYW6tW1A5ozOZeOYGaTaY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.18.0/go.mod h1:kEH2QtzAyBy3xDVQfGZKIcok4ZZFvd5xyKPfPcuK6pE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.18.0 h1:FbKDFm/LnQDOHuGjED+fy3s5YMVg0z019GJ9Er66hYo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.18.0/go.mod h1:NyierCU3/G8DLTva7KRzGii2fdxdR89zXKH1bNWY7Bo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.15.0 h1:Hf2dl1Ad9Hn03qjcAuAq51GP5Pv1SV5puIkS2nRhdd8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.15.0/go.mod h1:Qudkwgq81OcA9GYVlbyZ62wkLieeS1eWxIL0ufxgwoc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.18.0 h1:ilCfc/fptVKaDMK1vWk0elxpolurJbEgey9J6g6s+wk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.18.0/go.mod h1:FzdUu3BPwZSZebfQ1vl5/tAa8LyMLXSJN57AXIt/iDk=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=