diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.mod b/detectors/aws/go.mod
index 90ffd431e2f..ffef37db8d4 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ go 1.14
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.20
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.18.0
 )
diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.sum b/detectors/aws/go.sum
index 8858d289142..0ec266633ef 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.sum
@@ -17,14 +17,24 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0 h1:6MKOu8WY4hmfpQ4oQn34u6rYhnf2sWf1LXYO/UFm71U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0/go.mod h1:Oqtdxmf7UtEvL037ohlgnaYa1h7GtMh0NcSd9eqkC9s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0 h1:d5Of7+Zw4ANFOJB+TIn2K3QWsgS2Ht7OU9DqZHI6qu8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.18.0/go.mod h1:PT5zQj4lTsR1YeARt8YNKcFb88/c2IKoSABK9mX0r78=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.17.0 h1:t+5EioN8YFXQ2EH+1j6FHCKMUj+57zIDSnSGr/mWuug=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hUz9lH1rNXyEwWAhIWCMFWKhYtpASgSnObJFnU26dJ0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.18.0 h1:yuZCmY9e1ZTaMlZXLrrbAPmYW6tW1A5ozOZeOYGaTaY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.18.0/go.mod h1:kEH2QtzAyBy3xDVQfGZKIcok4ZZFvd5xyKPfPcuK6pE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0 h1:TyAihUowTDLqb4+m5ePAsR71xPJaTBJl4KDArIdi9k4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0/go.mod h1:JT/LGFxPwpN+nlsTiinSYjdIx3hZIGqHCpChcIZmdoE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.18.0 h1:FbKDFm/LnQDOHuGjED+fy3s5YMVg0z019GJ9Er66hYo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.18.0/go.mod h1:NyierCU3/G8DLTva7KRzGii2fdxdR89zXKH1bNWY7Bo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0 h1:eHXQwanmbtSHM/GcJYbJ8FyyH/sT9a0e+1Z9ZWkF7Ug=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0/go.mod h1:INs1PePjjF2hf842AXsxGTe5lH023QfLTZRFPiV/RUk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.18.0 h1:/UiFHiJxJyEoUN2tQ6l+5f0/P01V0G9YuHeVarktRDw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.18.0/go.mod h1:nT+UdAeGQWSeTnz9vY8BBq7SEGpmWAetyo/xHUcQvxo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0 h1:SBOj64/GAOyWzs5F680yW1ITIfJkm6cJWL2YAvuL9xY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0/go.mod h1:bIujpqg6ZL6xUTubIUgziI1jSaUPthmabA/ygf/6Cfg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.18.0 h1:ilCfc/fptVKaDMK1vWk0elxpolurJbEgey9J6g6s+wk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.18.0/go.mod h1:FzdUu3BPwZSZebfQ1vl5/tAa8LyMLXSJN57AXIt/iDk=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=