diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 23dc70efd4b..2e5dbac2c0b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.22.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC3
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v1.0.0-RC2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC3
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC3
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 29bc8042dac..9f33817e73e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -405,8 +405,9 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.22.0/go.mod h1:
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.22.0 h1:4TA4lwy/lFIdbNTqbDI1XDxQXc2CtTonIH/5R7G+sTo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.22.0/go.mod h1:pO7VUk5qoCiekzXk0XCuQcKQsKBHyjx9KFIW1Vlc8dw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC1/go.mod h1:x9tRa9HK4hSSq7jf2TKbqFbtt58/TGk0f9XiEYISI1I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC2 h1:SHhxSjB+omnGZPgGlKe+QMp3MyazcOHdQ8qwo89oKbg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC2/go.mod h1:w1thVQ7qbAy8MHb0IFj8a5Q2QU0l2ksf8u/CN8m3NOM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC3 h1:kvwiyEkiUT/JaadXzVLI/R1wDO934A7r3Bs2wEe6wqA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC3/go.mod h1:Ka5j3ua8tZs4Rkq4Ex3hwgBgOchyPVq5S6P2lz//nKQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.22.0 h1:Q9bS02XRykSRIbggaU4hVF9oWOP9PyILu26zJWoKmk0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.22.0/go.mod h1:7qVuMihW/ktMonEfOvBXuh6tfMvvEyoIDgeJNRloYbQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.22.0 h1:/qv10BzznqEifrXBwsTT370OCN1PRgt+mnjzMwxJKrQ=
@@ -414,11 +415,13 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.22.0/go.mod h1:KcsUkBiYGW003DJ+ugd2aqIRIfjabD
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v1.0.0-RC1/go.mod h1:+eoIG0gdEOaPNftuy1YScLr1Gb4mL/9lpDkZ0JjMRq4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v1.0.0-RC2 h1:xNKqMhlZYkASSyvF4JwObZFMq0jhFN3c3SP+2rCzVPk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v1.0.0-RC2/go.mod h1:kiQ4tw5tAL4JLTbcOYwK1CWI1HkT5aiLzHovgOVnz/A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC2 h1:ROuteeSCBaZNjiT9JcFzZepmInDvLktR28Y6qKo8bCs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC2/go.mod h1:fgwHyiDn4e5k40TD9VX243rOxXR+jzsWBZYA2P5jpEw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC3 h1:iRMkET+EmJUn5mW0hJzygBraXRmrUwzbOtNvTCh/oKs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC3/go.mod h1:78H6hyg2fka0NYT9fqGuFLvly2yCxiBXDJAgLKo/2Us=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC1/go.mod h1:86UHmyHWFEtWjfWPSbu0+d0Pf9Q6e1U+3ViBOc+NXAg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC2 h1:dunAP0qDULMIT82atj34m5RgvsIK6LcsXf1c/MsYg1w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC2/go.mod h1:JPQ+z6nNw9mqEGT8o3eoPTdnNI+Aj5JcxEsVGREIAy4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC3 h1:9F0ayEvlxv8BmNmPbU005WK7hC+7KbOazCPZjNa1yME=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC3/go.mod h1:VUt2TUYd8S2/ZRX09ZDFZQwn2RqfMB5MzO17jBojGxo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 h1:ECmE8Bn/WFTYwEW/bpKD3M8VtR/zQVbavAoalC1PYyE=