diff --git a/exporters/metric/cortex/example/go.sum b/exporters/metric/cortex/example/go.sum
index c0bb4ba4808..089cd28dd36 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/cortex/example/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/metric/cortex/example/go.sum
@@ -1140,8 +1140,8 @@ github.com/spf13/afero v1.2.2/go.mod h1:9ZxEEn6pIJ8Rxe320qSDBk6AsU0r9pR7Q4OcevTd
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.3.3/go.mod h1:5KUK8ByomD5Ti5Artl0RtHeI5pTF7MIDuXL3yY520V4=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.3.4/go.mod h1:Ai8FlHk4v/PARR026UzYexafAt9roJ7LcLMAmO6Z93I=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Ai8FlHk4v/PARR026UzYexafAt9roJ7LcLMAmO6Z93I=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.0 h1:5MmtuhAgYeU6qpa7w7bP0dv6MBYuup0vekhSpSkoq60=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.0/go.mod h1:CtAatgMJh6bJEIs48Ay/FOnkljP3WeGUG0MC1RfAqwo=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.1 h1:izYHOT71f9iZ7iq37Uqjael60/vYC6vMtzedudZ0zEk=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.1/go.mod h1:CtAatgMJh6bJEIs48Ay/FOnkljP3WeGUG0MC1RfAqwo=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1 h1:s0hze+J0196ZfEMTs80N7UlFt0BDuQ7Q+JDnHiMWKdA=
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diff --git a/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.mod b/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.mod
index 842144b65bc..16601bf91c1 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.16
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/metric/cortex => ../
 
 require (
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.0
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.10.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/metric/cortex v0.27.0
diff --git a/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum b/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum
index c0bb4ba4808..089cd28dd36 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum
@@ -1140,8 +1140,8 @@ github.com/spf13/afero v1.2.2/go.mod h1:9ZxEEn6pIJ8Rxe320qSDBk6AsU0r9pR7Q4OcevTd
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-github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.0 h1:5MmtuhAgYeU6qpa7w7bP0dv6MBYuup0vekhSpSkoq60=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.0/go.mod h1:CtAatgMJh6bJEIs48Ay/FOnkljP3WeGUG0MC1RfAqwo=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.1 h1:izYHOT71f9iZ7iq37Uqjael60/vYC6vMtzedudZ0zEk=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.1/go.mod h1:CtAatgMJh6bJEIs48Ay/FOnkljP3WeGUG0MC1RfAqwo=
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