diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/upper-bound-check/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/upper-bound-check/pom.xml
index 6319980c75..f4df28e624 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/upper-bound-check/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/upper-bound-check/pom.xml
@@ -244,5 +244,9 @@
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-google-iam-v1</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.cloud.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>exporter-metrics</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>