diff --git a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum
index f496b76450c..5839cda9844 100644
--- a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.1.0.20200221234624-67d41d38c208/go.mod h1:x
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:LlEzMj4AhA7rCAGe4KMBDvJI+AwstrUpVNzEA03Pprs=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:WU3c8KckQ9AFe+yFwt9sWVRKCVIyN9cPHBJSNnbL67w=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3 h1:JjCZWpVbqXDqFVmTfYWEVTMIYrL/NPdPSCHPJ0T/raM=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
diff --git a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.mod b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.mod
index 7fffe9c8ed1..b546ca9c6aa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.14
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib => ../../../../
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib v0.13.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.13.0
diff --git a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.sum b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.sum
index 8a80d13a2e4..86cd54ebaca 100644
--- a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.1.0.20200221234624-67d41d38c208/go.mod h1:x
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:LlEzMj4AhA7rCAGe4KMBDvJI+AwstrUpVNzEA03Pprs=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:WU3c8KckQ9AFe+yFwt9sWVRKCVIyN9cPHBJSNnbL67w=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 h1:+Z5KGCizgyZCbGh1KZqA0fcLLkwbsjIzS4aV2v7wJX0=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3 h1:JjCZWpVbqXDqFVmTfYWEVTMIYrL/NPdPSCHPJ0T/raM=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=