diff --git a/examples/go/go.mod b/examples/go/go.mod
index 9aa312c7..8e7e4a5b 100644
--- a/examples/go/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module dice
 go 1.24.0
 
 require (
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.64.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.64.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.65.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.40.0
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.14.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.15.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/go/go.sum b/examples/go/go.sum
index 8aecc595..b3cb66e1 100644
--- a/examples/go/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go/go.sum
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.14.0 h1:eypSOd+0txRKCXPNyqLPsbSfA0jULgJcGmSAdFAnrCM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.14.0/go.mod h1:CRGvIBL/aAxpQU34ZxyQVFlovVcp67s4cAmQu8Jh9mc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.64.0 h1:ssfIgGNANqpVFCndZvcuyKbl0g+UAVcbBcqGkG28H0Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.64.0/go.mod h1:GQ/474YrbE4Jx8gZ4q5I4hrhUzM6UPzyrqJYV2AqPoQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.64.0 h1:/+/+UjlXjFcdDlXxKL1PouzX8Z2Vl0OxolRKeBEgYDw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.64.0/go.mod h1:Ldm/PDuzY2DP7IypudopCR3OCOW42NJlN9+mNEroevo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.15.0 h1:yOYhGNPZseueTTvWp5iBD3/CthrmvayUXYEX862dDi4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelslog v0.15.0/go.mod h1:CvaNVqIfcybc+7xqZNubbE+26K6P7AKZF/l0lE2kdCk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0 h1:7iP2uCb7sGddAr30RRS6xjKy7AZ2JtTOPA3oolgVSw8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0/go.mod h1:c7hN3ddxs/z6q9xwvfLPk+UHlWRQyaeR1LdgfL/66l0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.65.0 h1:n8qdwrebNEHF/zHpueuZ4OacdJ8CdSaP7xef9WRZXTQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.65.0/go.mod h1:Z1pjGxUL3nJ/IbDDfL6rBD0Xbz7ZOViRqrIUg4l1CYE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 h1:oA5YeOcpRTXq6NN7frwmwFR0Cn3RhTVZvXsP4duvCms=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0/go.mod h1:IMb+uXZUKkMXdPddhwAHm6UfOwJyh4ct1ybIlV14J0g=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.16.0 h1:djrxvDxAe44mJUrKataUbOhCKhR3F8QCyWucO16hTQs=
diff --git a/examples/go/main.go b/examples/go/main.go
index 09e36bf3..9d65c4be 100644
--- a/examples/go/main.go
+++ b/examples/go/main.go
@@ -66,23 +66,10 @@ func run() (err error) {
 func newHTTPHandler() http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
-	// handleFunc is a replacement for mux.HandleFunc
-	// which enriches the handler's HTTP instrumentation with the pattern as the http.route.
-	//
-	// NOTE: otelhttp.WithRouteTag is marked deprecated, claiming that http.route is
-	// automatically extracted from http.Request.Pattern (Go 1.22+). However, as of
-	// otelhttp v0.64.0 this does not work when otelhttp wraps a ServeMux: the
-	// http.route attribute is read at span creation time, before the ServeMux has
-	// routed the request and populated r.Pattern. WithRouteTag is still needed.
-	handleFunc := func(pattern string, handlerFunc func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)) {
-		handler := otelhttp.WithRouteTag(pattern, http.HandlerFunc(handlerFunc)) //nolint:staticcheck
-		mux.Handle(pattern, handler)
-	}
-
 	// Register handlers.
-	handleFunc("/rolldice", rolldice)
+	// Wrap each handler with otelhttp.NewHandler so that the http.route
+	// attribute is set correctly from r.Pattern (populated by ServeMux).
+	mux.Handle("/rolldice", otelhttp.NewHandler(http.HandlerFunc(rolldice), "/rolldice"))
 
-	// Add HTTP instrumentation for the whole server.
-	handler := otelhttp.NewHandler(mux, "/")
-	return handler
+	return mux
 }
diff --git a/examples/go/oats.yaml b/examples/go/oats.yaml
index e9c15b9f..16bf8391 100644
--- a/examples/go/oats.yaml
+++ b/examples/go/oats.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ input:
 expected:
   traces:
     - traceql: '{ span.http.route = "/rolldice" }'
-      equals: "/" # should be "GET /rolldice"
+      equals: "/rolldice"
       attributes:
         otel.library.name: go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp
   metrics: