diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
index 114e261146b..eb7173f4271 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.23.0-rc.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.1.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
index a0973b17eac..72236787439 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1 h1:26+wFr+cNqSGFcOXcabYC0lUVJVRa2Sb2ortSK7VrEU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1/go.mod h1:OlCHIeLYqSSsLi6i49B5QGdzaMZK9+M7LXN2FKz4eGM=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0 h1:Qo/qEd2RZPCf2nKuorzksSknv0d3ERwp1vFG38gSmH4=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=