diff --git a/detectors/gcp/go.mod b/detectors/gcp/go.mod
index daa9768f186..4df02bd5ce1 100644
--- a/detectors/gcp/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/gcp/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.5.2
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.6.0
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp v1.25.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/detectors/gcp/go.sum b/detectors/gcp/go.sum
index 95bef054439..876617d2c5d 100644
--- a/detectors/gcp/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/gcp/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.5.2 h1:UxK4uu/Tn+I3p2dYWTfiX4wva7aYlKixAHn3fyqngqo=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.5.2/go.mod h1:C66sj2AluDcIqakBq/M8lw8/ybHgOZqin2obFxa/E5k=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.6.0 h1:A6hENjEsCDtC1k8byVsgwvVcioamEHvZ4j01OwKxG9I=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.6.0/go.mod h1:FjyFAW1MW0C203CEOMDTu3Dk1FlqW3Rga40jzHL4hfg=
 github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp v1.25.0 h1:3c8yed4lgqTt+oTQ+JNMDo+F4xprBf+O/il4ZC0nRLw=
 github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp v1.25.0/go.mod h1:obipzmGjfSjam60XLwGfqUkJsfiheAl+TUjG+4yzyPM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=