diff --git a/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.mod
index 76fa71727d53..60eaa7233e7e 100644
--- a/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/google
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.70.0
+	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.72.0
 	github.com/ReneKroon/ttlcache/v2 v2.11.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure v1.1.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.sum
index b7a544f99380..d4560d9d17bd 100644
--- a/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver/go.sum
@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.44.0/go.mod h1:G8XIgYdOK+Fbcpbs7p2fiprDw4CaZX63wh
 cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.45.0/go.mod h1:FIws5LowYz8YAE1J8fOS7DJup8ff7xJeetWEo5REA2M=
 cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.70.0 h1:nj6p/GJTgMDiSQ1gQ034ItsKuJgHiMOjtOlONOg8PSo=
 cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.70.0/go.mod h1:X5T0XftydYp0K1adeJQDJtdWpbrOeJ7wHecM4tK6FiE=
+cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.72.0 h1:8hOxGVi0gaOWdxzDxyjYL4g/unjVUy2uje1T3okTgiQ=
+cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.72.0/go.mod h1:mw98ua5ggQXVWwp83yjwggqEmW9t8rjs9Po1ohcUGW4=
 cloud.google.com/go/speech v1.6.0/go.mod h1:79tcr4FHCimOp56lwC01xnt/WPJZc4v3gzyT7FoBkCM=
 cloud.google.com/go/speech v1.7.0/go.mod h1:KptqL+BAQIhMsj1kOP2la5DSEEerPDuOP/2mmkhHhZQ=
 cloud.google.com/go/speech v1.8.0/go.mod h1:9bYIl1/tjsAnMgKGHKmBZzXKEkGgtU+MpdDPTE9f7y0=