diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8a5eb24f9..8db1ec271 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.14.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.37.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.37.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.37.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1