diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
index 39674fc93dd..c0f25fc52e3 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.80.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0013
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.80.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.18.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.18.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.80.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0013 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.80.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.18.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum b/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum
index e0e30d325c5..098c6efd180 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum
@@ -376,18 +376,18 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 h1:Z7GVAX/UkAXPKsy94IU+i6thsQS4nb7LviLpnaNeW8s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0/go.mod h1:vl0h9NUa1D5s1nv3A5vZOYWn8av4K8Ml6JDeHrT/bx4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.18.0 h1:TgVozPGZ01nHyDZxK5WGPFB9QexeTMXEH7+tIClWfzs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.18.0/go.mod h1:9lWqYO0Db579XzVuCKFNPDl4s73Voa+zEck3wHaAYQI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0 h1:whAaiHxOatgtKd+w0dOi//1KUxj3KoPINZdtDaDj3IA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0/go.mod h1:4jo5Q4CROlCpSPsXLhymi+LYrDXd2ObU5wbKayfZs7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 h1:RbrpwVG1Hfv85LgnZ7+txXioPDoh6EdbZHo26Q3hqOo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0/go.mod h1:QE47cpOmkwipPiefDwo2wDzwJrlfxxNYodqc4xnGCo4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.18.0 h1:JwVzw94UYmbx3ej++CwLUQZxEODDj/pOuTCvzhtRrSQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.18.0/go.mod h1:nNSpsVDjWGfb7chbRLUNW+PBNdcSTHD4Uu5pfFMOI0k=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0 h1:Z1Ok1YsijYL0CSJpHt4cS3wDDh7p572grzNrBMiMWgE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0/go.mod h1:tMsIuKXuuIWPBAOrH+eHtvhTL+SntFtXF9QD68aP6p4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0 h1:Kun8i1eYf48kHH83RucG93ffz0zGV1sh46FAScOTuDI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0/go.mod h1:piDIRgjcK7u0HCL5pCA4e74qpK/jk3NiUoAHATVAmiI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 h1:8JRpaObFoW0pxuVPapkgH8UhHQj+bJW8jJsCZEu5MQs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0/go.mod h1:Yt9vYq1SdNz3xdjZZK7wcXv1qv2pwLkqr2QVwea0ef0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.18.0 h1:NY+czwbHbmndxojTEKiSMHkG2ClNH2PwmcHrdo0JY10=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.18.0/go.mod h1:T2+SGJGuYZY3bjj5rgh/hN7KIrlpWC5nS8Mjvzckz+0=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 h1:9qC72Qh0+3MqyJbAn8YU5xVq1frD8bn3JtD2oXtafVQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=