diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1603a98c621..fe670d79cc2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.22.0/0.45.0] 2024-01-17
+
 ### Added
 
 - The `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.22.0` package.
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Fix observable not registered error when the asynchronous instrument has a drop aggregation in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric`. (#4772)
 - Fix baggage item key so that it is not canonicalized in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing`. (#4776)
 - Fix `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing` to properly handle baggage values that requires escaping during propagation. (#4804)
+- Fix a bug where using multiple readers resulted in incorrect asynchronous counter values in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric`. (#4742)
 
 ## [1.21.0/0.44.0] 2023-11-16
 
@@ -58,7 +61,6 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 - Do not parse non-protobuf responses in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp`. (#4719)
 - Do not parse non-protobuf responses in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp`. (#4719)
-- Fix a bug where using multiple readers resulted in incorrect asynchronous counter values in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric`. (#4742)
 
 ## [1.20.0/0.43.0] 2023-11-10
 
@@ -2773,7 +2775,8 @@ It contains api and sdk for trace and meter.
 - CircleCI build CI manifest files.
 - CODEOWNERS file to track owners of this project.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/compare/v1.21.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/compare/v1.22.0...HEAD
+[1.22.0/0.45.0]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/v1.22.0
 [1.21.0/0.44.0]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/v1.21.0
 [1.20.0/0.43.0]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/v1.20.0
 [1.19.0/0.42.0/0.0.7]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/v1.19.0
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/go.mod b/bridge/opencensus/go.mod
index 6e87574ce00..06827b4ef46 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/go.mod
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/test/go.mod b/bridge/opencensus/test/go.mod
index 2b426635e37..05eeac06ccd 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/test/go.mod
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/test/go.mod
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus v0.44.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus v0.45.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/bridge/opencensus/version.go b/bridge/opencensus/version.go
index 8fb56844e65..99ef20e621d 100644
--- a/bridge/opencensus/version.go
+++ b/bridge/opencensus/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ package opencensus // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus"
 
 // Version is the current release version of the opencensus bridge.
 func Version() string {
-	return "0.44.0"
+	return "0.45.0"
 }
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/go.mod b/bridge/opentracing/go.mod
index 2afd00f8f9d..266b0c550e5 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/go.mod
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/go.mod
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace => ../../trace
 require (
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/bridge/opentracing/test/go.mod b/bridge/opentracing/test/go.mod
index 2338869a2ba..eaff28a97bf 100644
--- a/bridge/opentracing/test/go.mod
+++ b/bridge/opentracing/test/go.mod
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-grpc v0.0.0-20210225150812-73cb765af46e
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing v1.22.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
 )
 
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/example/dice/go.mod b/example/dice/go.mod
index fb9f0987c9e..274a471c241 100644
--- a/example/dice/go.mod
+++ b/example/dice/go.mod
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.46.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v0.44.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v0.45.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/example/namedtracer/go.mod b/example/namedtracer/go.mod
index f46836e7b0b..e960990c32e 100644
--- a/example/namedtracer/go.mod
+++ b/example/namedtracer/go.mod
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/example/opencensus/go.mod b/example/opencensus/go.mod
index 0254e0f84ba..1afd24c6476 100644
--- a/example/opencensus/go.mod
+++ b/example/opencensus/go.mod
@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus v0.44.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v0.44.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus v0.45.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v0.45.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/example/otel-collector/go.mod b/example/otel-collector/go.mod
index 85c799432ff..e4966d6db02 100644
--- a/example/otel-collector/go.mod
+++ b/example/otel-collector/go.mod
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ replace (
 )
 
 require (
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
 )
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.16.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/example/passthrough/go.mod b/example/passthrough/go.mod
index cb7c4d4a7bf..8d719b1cf2e 100644
--- a/example/passthrough/go.mod
+++ b/example/passthrough/go.mod
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/otel/example/passthrough
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/example/prometheus/go.mod b/example/prometheus/go.mod
index 08c8cd0004c..ca78c73575e 100644
--- a/example/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/example/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.44.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.45.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/example/zipkin/go.mod b/example/zipkin/go.mod
index 77d1d935e54..343ef8bea6f 100644
--- a/example/zipkin/go.mod
+++ b/example/zipkin/go.mod
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ replace (
 )
 
 require (
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.4.2 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.mod
index 57b60194bf7..5773927079b 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.mod
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20231002182017-d307bd883b97
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/version.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/version.go
index 983968c6a3b..60096200d39 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/version.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ package otlpmetricgrpc // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpme
 
 // Version is the current release version of the OpenTelemetry OTLP over gRPC metrics exporter in use.
 func Version() string {
-	return "0.44.0"
+	return "0.45.0"
 }
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
index 2a1a058a96b..a2dcc932c91 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/version.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/version.go
index 59d7c1c2cb9..59d3064ce17 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/version.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ package otlpmetrichttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpme
 
 // Version is the current release version of the OpenTelemetry OTLP over HTTP/protobuf metrics exporter in use.
 func Version() string {
-	return "0.44.0"
+	return "0.45.0"
 }
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/go.mod
index e59e0ef651f..e1d215c4ccb 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/go.mod
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/go.mod
index 4fdcebb65a4..a4ebc82fefb 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20231002182017-d307bd883b97
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod
index 9ea2ab60027..339f1274295 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/version.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/version.go
index 8ee285b8d52..3b3bc35911b 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/version.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ package otlptrace // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace"
 
 // Version is the current release version of the OpenTelemetry OTLP trace exporter in use.
 func Version() string {
-	return "1.21.0"
+	return "1.22.0"
 }
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
index fd35cada775..3cef1563fc0 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/go.mod b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/go.mod
index 382deb64e8d..c5a76ca0b55 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/go.mod b/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/go.mod
index 834ed3ee191..56235f790da 100644
--- a/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace/go.mod
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/go.mod b/exporters/zipkin/go.mod
index c3fb870f231..8f57386a221 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/go.mod
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.4.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 043f5e84822..160090239d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/metric/go.mod b/metric/go.mod
index 0d647604b44..d42c6a4ee2b 100644
--- a/metric/go.mod
+++ b/metric/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/sdk/go.mod b/sdk/go.mod
index d66f7d1e91f..d6bfb9edae7 100644
--- a/sdk/go.mod
+++ b/sdk/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0
 )
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/sdk/metric/go.mod b/sdk/metric/go.mod
index bccc2caf9a8..f4e01e40c38 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/go.mod
+++ b/sdk/metric/go.mod
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.22.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/sdk/metric/version.go b/sdk/metric/version.go
index edcf7cfc862..d30a7d1c15a 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/version.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ package metric // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 
 // version is the current release version of the metric SDK in use.
 func version() string {
-	return "1.21.0"
+	return "1.22.0"
 }
diff --git a/sdk/version.go b/sdk/version.go
index 422d4c964b3..17b16cc7966 100644
--- a/sdk/version.go
+++ b/sdk/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ package sdk // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk"
 
 // Version is the current release version of the OpenTelemetry SDK in use.
 func Version() string {
-	return "1.21.0"
+	return "1.22.0"
 }
diff --git a/trace/go.mod b/trace/go.mod
index 4dda77a8cb4..4c51d9ad59c 100644
--- a/trace/go.mod
+++ b/trace/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel => ../
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.22.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index e2f743585d1..c7aba1c3f44 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ package otel // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 
 // Version is the current release version of OpenTelemetry in use.
 func Version() string {
-	return "1.21.0"
+	return "1.22.0"
 }
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 3c153c9d6fc..a9cfb80ae5c 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 module-sets:
   stable-v1:
-    version: v1.21.0
+    version: v1.22.0
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/otel
       - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opentracing
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module-sets:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric
       - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace
   experimental-metrics:
-    version: v0.44.0
+    version: v0.45.0
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus
       - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus/test