diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
index 7b2d958db9d..267d96f6a2f 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum
index 7a130930b40..8375c129eae 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.sum
@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpAD
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 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 v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 h1:9ddQBjfCyZPOHPUiPxpYESBLc+T8P3E+Vo4IbKZgFWg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1 v1.0.0-20181015200546-f715ec2f112d/go.mod h1:cuepJuh7vyXfUyUwEgHQXw849cJrilpS5NeIjOWESAw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=