diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
index 6e0bfbefac9..a5e26b4f00e 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.20.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
index a785b78a9d3..e3c5ef68b6f 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0 h1:Z5Iec2pjwb+LEOqzpB2MR12/eKFhDPhuqW91O+4bwUk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0/go.mod h1:aUPDwccQo6OTjy7Hct4AfBPD1GptF4fyUjIkQ9YtF98=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=