diff --git a/example/otel/go.mod b/example/otel/go.mod
index 86851af00..b48df6574 100644
--- a/example/otel/go.mod
+++ b/example/otel/go.mod
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240108191215-35c7eff3a6b1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240108191215-35c7eff3a6b1 // indirect
diff --git a/example/otel/go.sum b/example/otel/go.sum
index 4a481d6ef..5fb4c4588 100644
--- a/example/otel/go.sum
+++ b/example/otel/go.sum
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.22.0/go.mod h1:RbbHXVqKES9QhzZq/fE5UnOSILqRt40
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 h1:T0TX0tmXU8a3CbNXzEKGeU5mIVOdf0oykP+u2lIVU/I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Sy6pihPLfYHkr3NkUbEhGHFhINUSI/v80hjKIs5JXpM=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
-golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 h1:aCL9BSgETF1k+blQaYUBx9hJ9LOGP3gAVemcZlf1Kpo=
-golang.org/x/net v0.20.0/go.mod h1:z8BVo6PvndSri0LbOE3hAn0apkU+1YvI6E70E9jsnvY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 h1:xWw16ngr6ZMtmxDyKyIgsE93KNKz5HKmMa3b8ALHidU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 h1:7EYJ93RZ9vYSZAIb2x3lnuvqO5zneoD6IvWjuhfxjTs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.23.0/go.mod h1:JKghWKKOSdJwpW2GEx0Ja7fmaKnMsbu+MWVZTokSYmg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=