diff --git a/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.mod b/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.mod
index 6b7104ed7b93..fae0ec3a5bac 100644
--- a/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/experimenta
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0014
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.sum b/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.sum
index b13608c5cd5d..85de7fdb2bd5 100644
--- a/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/go.sum
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-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=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0014 h1:iT5qH0NLmkGeIdDtnBogYDx7L58t6CaWGL378DEo2QY=