diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 305f9f92011..183df409993 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2566](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2566))
 - Remove `enable_default_view` option from sdk MeterProvider
   ([#2547](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2547))
+- Update otlp-proto-grpc and otlp-proto-http exporters to have more lax requirements for `backoff` lib
+  ([#2575](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2575))
 
 ## [1.10.0-0.29b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.10.0-0.29b0) - 2022-03-10
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/setup.cfg b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/setup.cfg
index 6362a4c5533..08b13b56c68 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/setup.cfg
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/setup.cfg
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api ~= 1.3
     opentelemetry-sdk ~= 1.10.0
     opentelemetry-proto == 1.10.0
-    backoff ~= 1.10.0
+    backoff >= 1.10.0, < 2.0.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/setup.cfg b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/setup.cfg
index 2b3b37f01a0..9b5c0b0afb1 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/setup.cfg
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/setup.cfg
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api ~= 1.3
     opentelemetry-sdk ~= 1.3
     opentelemetry-proto == 1.10.0
-    backoff ~= 1.10.0
+    backoff >= 1.10.0, < 2.0.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =