diff --git a/example/prometheus/go.sum b/example/prometheus/go.sum
index 0fcc1d8f43a..83d8414d07b 100644
--- a/example/prometheus/go.sum
+++ b/example/prometheus/go.sum
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.0 h1:wCi7urQOGBsYcQROHqpUUX4ct84xp40t9R9JX0FuA/U=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.0/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1 h1:NTGy1Ja9pByO+xAeH/qiWnLrKtr3hJPNjaVUwnjpdpA=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90 h1:S/YWwWx/RA8rT8tKFRuGUZhuA90OyIBpPCXkcbwU8DE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
diff --git a/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.mod b/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.mod
index 19cd00012b0..c3b4752fdda 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.13
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel => ../../..
 
 require (
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.0
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.6.0
 )
diff --git a/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.sum b/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.sum
index a83fcd14d2b..bd733760d48 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/metric/prometheus/go.sum
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.0 h1:wCi7urQOGBsYcQROHqpUUX4ct84xp40t9R9JX0FuA/U=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.0/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1 h1:NTGy1Ja9pByO+xAeH/qiWnLrKtr3hJPNjaVUwnjpdpA=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90 h1:S/YWwWx/RA8rT8tKFRuGUZhuA90OyIBpPCXkcbwU8DE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=