diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9fcae8dd..dab723c7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c42d4bd9..918e12eb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20200317015054-43a5402ce75a/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20200625203802-6e8e738ad208/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201207232520-09787c993a3a/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0 h1:zxkM55ReGkDlKSM+Fu41A+zmbZuaPVbGMzvvdUPznYQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181205085412-a5c9d58dba9a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=