diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2318f893..e3710f85 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.mondoo.com/cnquery v0.0.0-20230913055208-5e5bbc8340f8
 	go.mondoo.com/ranger-rpc v0.5.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.18.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230706204954-ccb25ca9f130 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.3 // indirect
 	github.com/xen0n/gosmopolitan v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ykadowak/zerologlint v0.1.3 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.18.0 // indirect
 	go.tmz.dev/musttag v0.7.2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230706204954-ccb25ca9f130 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/yeya24/promlinter v0.2.0 // indirect
 	gitlab.com/bosi/decorder v0.4.1 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.18.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0581fb3a..479c39ee 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1065,12 +1065,12 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 h1:Z7GVAX/UkAXPKsy94IU+i6thsQS4nb7LviLpnaNeW8s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0/go.mod h1:vl0h9NUa1D5s1nv3A5vZOYWn8av4K8Ml6JDeHrT/bx4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 h1:RbrpwVG1Hfv85LgnZ7+txXioPDoh6EdbZHo26Q3hqOo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0/go.mod h1:QE47cpOmkwipPiefDwo2wDzwJrlfxxNYodqc4xnGCo4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 h1:8JRpaObFoW0pxuVPapkgH8UhHQj+bJW8jJsCZEu5MQs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0/go.mod h1:Yt9vYq1SdNz3xdjZZK7wcXv1qv2pwLkqr2QVwea0ef0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.18.0 h1:TgVozPGZ01nHyDZxK5WGPFB9QexeTMXEH7+tIClWfzs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.18.0/go.mod h1:9lWqYO0Db579XzVuCKFNPDl4s73Voa+zEck3wHaAYQI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.18.0 h1:JwVzw94UYmbx3ej++CwLUQZxEODDj/pOuTCvzhtRrSQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.18.0/go.mod h1:nNSpsVDjWGfb7chbRLUNW+PBNdcSTHD4Uu5pfFMOI0k=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.18.0 h1:NY+czwbHbmndxojTEKiSMHkG2ClNH2PwmcHrdo0JY10=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.18.0/go.mod h1:T2+SGJGuYZY3bjj5rgh/hN7KIrlpWC5nS8Mjvzckz+0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.tmz.dev/musttag v0.7.2 h1:1J6S9ipDbalBSODNT5jCep8dhZyMr4ttnjQagmGYR5s=
 go.tmz.dev/musttag v0.7.2/go.mod h1:m6q5NiiSKMnQYokefa2xGoyoXnrswCbJ0AWYzf4Zs28=