diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/package.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/package.json
index bab68b866d8..91b9da6a47c 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/package.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
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diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-http/package.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-http/package.json
index 8fa6ade3b00..cef7d8d35e5 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-http/package.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-http/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
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diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/package.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/package.json
index 8449c9aa031..54291d37253 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/package.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
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