diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.mod
index 1da247dd15f..d738f527412 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ go 1.16
 require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit v0.29.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.5.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.4.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.5.0
 )
 
 replace (
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.sum
index 615e447fe1e..d625a8eb30f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/go-kit/kit/otelkit/example/go.sum
@@ -378,14 +378,16 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1 h1:QbINgGDDcoQUoMJa2mMaWno49lja9sHwp6aoa2n3a4g=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1/go.mod h1:StM6F/0fSwpd8dKWDCdRr7uRvEPYdW0hBSlbdTiUde4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.5.0 h1:DhCU8oR2sJH9rfnwPdoV/+BJ7UIN5kXHL8DuSGrPU8E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Jm/m+rNp/z0eqJc74H7LPwQ3G87qkU/AnnAydAjSAHk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.4.1 h1:yaXaoJjXaJqRnsfW9HrN7pGb7bzcEn31Rk6yo2LFaWo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.4.1/go.mod h1:BFiGsTMZdqtxufux8ANXuMeRz9dMPVFdJZadUWDFD7o=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.1 h1:J7EaW71E0v87qflB4cDolaqq3AcujGrtyIPGQoZOB0Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.1/go.mod h1:NBwHDgDIBYjwK2WNu1OPgsIc2IJzmBXNnvIJxJc8BpE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1 h1:O+16qcdTrT7zxv2J6GejTPFinSwA++cYerC5iSiF8EQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1/go.mod h1:iYEVbroFCNut9QkwEczV9vMRPHNKSSwYZjulEtsmhFc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.5.0 h1:AKQZ9zJsBRFAp7zLdyGNkqG2rToCDIt3i5tcLzQlbmU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sq55kfhjXYr1zVSyexg0w1mpa03AYXR5eyTkB9NPPdE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=