diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod
index 8dca0e436c8..ce0d2bb6b38 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.2.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.sum
index 9ebd7a3c91d..e65b45a4e44 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240401170217-c3f982113cda h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240401170217-c3f982113cda/go.mod h1:WtryC6hu0hhx87FDGxWCDptyssuo68sk10vYjF+T9fY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2 h1:MUeiw1B2maTVZthpU5xvASfTh3LDbxHd6IJ6QQVU+xM=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2/go.mod h1:WAX/8DgncnokcFUldAxq7GeB5DXHDbMF+lLvDomNkRA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 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/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=