diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
index 3d54dcdf8c2..748eb39b1e5 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.23.0-rc.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.23.0-rc.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.23.0-rc.1
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/go.sum b/exporters/prometheus/go.sum
index a434353b938..c7a2c3030ee 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/go.sum
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0/go.mod h1:YJmSTw9BoKxJplESWWxlbyttQR4uaEcGy
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k6Bo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 h1:xWw16ngr6ZMtmxDyKyIgsE93KNKz5HKmMa3b8ALHidU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=