diff --git a/example/prometheus/go.mod b/example/prometheus/go.mod
index 4fc56c66bae..a1c11c854ff 100644
--- a/example/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/example/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.13.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/metric/prometheus v0.13.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/metric/prometheus v0.21.0
 )