diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ae26c19d4..2fc8df8e3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.20.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.20.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a547be186..8642ac698 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 h1:tlYWfeo+Bocx5kLEloTjbcDwBuELRrIFxwdQ3
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:o1p3CA8nNHW8j5yuQLdc1eeqEaPfzug24uvsyIEJRWM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0 h1:FTt8qirL1EysG6sTQRZ5TokkU8d0ugCj8htOgThZXQ8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0/go.mod h1:Nna6Yv7PWTdgJHVRD9hIYywQBRx7pbox6nwBnZIxl/E=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.20.0 h1:5eD40l/H2CqdKmbSV7iht2KMK0faAIL2pVYzJOWobGk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.20.0/go.mod h1:AGvpC+YF/jblITiafMTYgvRBUiwi9hZf0EYE2E5XlS8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0 h1:smhI5oD714d6jHE6Tie36fPx4WDFIg+Y6RfAY4ICcR0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:FJ8RAsoPGv/wYMgBdUJXOm+6pzFY3YdljnXtv1SBE8Q=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 h1:WD9i5gzvoUPuXIXH24ZNBudiarZDKuekPqi/E8fpfLc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0/go.mod h1:LGbsEB0f9LGjN+OZaQQ26sohbOmiMR+BaslueVtS/qQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 h1:T0TX0tmXU8a3CbNXzEKGeU5mIVOdf0oykP+u2lIVU/I=