diff --git a/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.mod
index 4809fc09329f..69a3dab823ef 100644
--- a/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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 v0.17.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0
 )
diff --git a/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.sum
index 305ef03ba0ff..a47e6007d4c8 100644
--- a/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/statsdreceiver/go.sum
@@ -984,8 +984,11 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.5 h1:dntmOdLpSpHlVqbW5Eay97DelsZHe+55D+xC6i0dDS0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 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.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0 h1:CZFy2lPhxd4HlhZnYK8gRyDotksO3Ip9rBweY1vVYJw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0/go.mod h1:e4GKElweB8W2gWUqbghw0B8t5MCTccc9212eNHnOHwA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0 h1:6MKOu8WY4hmfpQ4oQn34u6rYhnf2sWf1LXYO/UFm71U=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0/go.mod h1:Oqtdxmf7UtEvL037ohlgnaYa1h7GtMh0NcSd9eqkC9s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hUz9lH1rNXyEwWAhIWCMFWKhYtpASgSnObJFnU26dJ0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0/go.mod h1:JT/LGFxPwpN+nlsTiinSYjdIx3hZIGqHCpChcIZmdoE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0/go.mod h1:bIujpqg6ZL6xUTubIUgziI1jSaUPthmabA/ygf/6Cfg=
 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=