diff --git a/examples/collector-exporter-node/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/collector-exporter-node/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index e93b603c49..14ceeaf00e 100644
--- a/examples/collector-exporter-node/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/collector-exporter-node/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "3"
 services:
   # Collector
   collector:
-    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:0.13.0
+    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:0.16.0
 #    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:latest
     command: ["--config=/conf/collector-config.yaml", "--log-level=DEBUG"]
     volumes:
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/protos b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/protos
index 313a868be2..59c488bfb8 160000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/protos
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/protos
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 313a868be259dce6c6516dd417d3ad5fd3321acf
+Subproject commit 59c488bfb8fb6d0458ad6425758b70259ff4a2bd
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts
index a45eecff16..a425e5de93 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts
@@ -308,7 +308,11 @@ export function ensureExportedSpanIsCorrect(
   assert.strictEqual(span.droppedLinksCount, 0, 'droppedLinksCount is wrong');
   assert.deepStrictEqual(
     span.status,
-    { code: 'STATUS_CODE_OK', message: '' },
+    {
+      code: 'STATUS_CODE_OK',
+      deprecatedCode: 'DEPRECATED_STATUS_CODE_OK',
+      message: '',
+    },
     'status is wrong'
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/protos b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/protos
index 313a868be2..59c488bfb8 160000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/protos
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/protos
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 313a868be259dce6c6516dd417d3ad5fd3321acf
+Subproject commit 59c488bfb8fb6d0458ad6425758b70259ff4a2bd
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
index 473f7b6261..1d0cf969d9 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [![devDependencies][devDependencies-image]][devDependencies-url]
 [![Apache License][license-image]][license-image]
 
-This module provides exporter for web and node to be used with [opentelemetry-collector][opentelemetry-collector-url] - last tested with version **0.12.0**.
+This module provides exporter for web and node to be used with [opentelemetry-collector][opentelemetry-collector-url] - last tested with version **0.16.0**.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts
index ed0d4cdcfa..090ad496be 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import {
   Attributes,
   Link,
   SpanKind,
+  Status,
+  StatusCode,
   TimedEvent,
   TraceState,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
@@ -184,12 +186,45 @@ export function toCollectorSpan(
     droppedAttributesCount: 0,
     events: toCollectorEvents(span.events),
     droppedEventsCount: 0,
-    status: span.status,
+    status: toCollectorStatus(span.status),
     links: toCollectorLinks(span, useHex),
     droppedLinksCount: 0,
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Converts StatusCode
+ * @param code
+ */
+export function toCollectorCode(
+  code: StatusCode
+): opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.StatusCode {
+  switch (code) {
+    case StatusCode.OK:
+      return opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.StatusCode.OK;
+    case StatusCode.UNSET:
+      return opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.StatusCode.UNSET;
+    default:
+      return opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.StatusCode.ERROR;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts status
+ * @param status
+ */
+export function toCollectorStatus(
+  status: Status
+): opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.Status {
+  const spanStatus: opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.Status = {
+    code: toCollectorCode(status.code),
+  };
+  if (typeof status.message !== 'undefined') {
+    spanStatus.message = status.message;
+  }
+  return spanStatus;
+}
+
 /**
  * Converts resource
  * @param resource
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/types.ts
index ab6423b8f9..2c82aa8813 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import { SpanKind, Logger, Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
 export namespace opentelemetryProto {
@@ -254,7 +253,32 @@ export namespace opentelemetryProto {
       status?: Status;
     }
 
-    export type Status = api.Status;
+    export interface Status {
+      /** The status code of this message. */
+      code: StatusCode;
+      /** A developer-facing error message. */
+      message?: string;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * An enumeration of status codes.
+     * https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/blob/master/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.proto#L304
+     */
+    export enum StatusCode {
+      /**
+       * The default status.
+       */
+      UNSET = 0,
+      /**
+       * The operation has been validated by an Application developer or
+       * Operator to have completed successfully.
+       */
+      OK = 1,
+      /**
+       * The operation contains an error.
+       */
+      ERROR = 2,
+    }
 
     export interface TraceConfig {
       constantSampler?: ConstantSampler | null;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
index b451bd1443..1d45c2dfaf 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ export function ensureSpanIsCorrect(
   assert.strictEqual(span.droppedLinksCount, 0, 'droppedLinksCount is wrong');
   assert.deepStrictEqual(
     span.status,
-    { code: api.StatusCode.OK },
+    { code: opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.StatusCode.OK },
     'status is wrong'
   );
 }