diff --git a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.mod b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.mod
index ed36d916b7e..14fd6772880 100644
--- a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.mod
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ replace (
 require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.29.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.4.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.5.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.5.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.5.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.5.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200822124328-c89045814202
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.45.0
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum
index b4de0c82d42..2ce30040f68 100644
--- a/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc/example/go.sum
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1 h1:QbINgGDDcoQUoMJa2mMaWno49lja9sHwp6aoa2n3a4g=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1/go.mod h1:StM6F/0fSwpd8dKWDCdRr7uRvEPYdW0hBSlbdTiUde4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.4.1 h1:yaXaoJjXaJqRnsfW9HrN7pGb7bzcEn31Rk6yo2LFaWo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.4.1/go.mod h1:BFiGsTMZdqtxufux8ANXuMeRz9dMPVFdJZadUWDFD7o=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.1 h1:J7EaW71E0v87qflB4cDolaqq3AcujGrtyIPGQoZOB0Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.1/go.mod h1:NBwHDgDIBYjwK2WNu1OPgsIc2IJzmBXNnvIJxJc8BpE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1 h1:O+16qcdTrT7zxv2J6GejTPFinSwA++cYerC5iSiF8EQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.5.0 h1:DhCU8oR2sJH9rfnwPdoV/+BJ7UIN5kXHL8DuSGrPU8E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Jm/m+rNp/z0eqJc74H7LPwQ3G87qkU/AnnAydAjSAHk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.5.0 h1:/Lu2JuL9Mb+B+kSv/RsDMgA/5FaBaxfyfMnICFepiBs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.5.0/go.mod h1:5gUXICq93HyDh8Rij7p8ilJEC1Sqk0u3lSGs62i8hJQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.5.0 h1:QKhWBbcOC9fDCZKCfPFjWTWpfIlJR+i9xiUDYrLVmZs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.5.0/go.mod h1:CU4J1v+7iEljnm1G14QjdFWOXUyYLHVh0Lh+/BTYyFg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1/go.mod h1:iYEVbroFCNut9QkwEczV9vMRPHNKSSwYZjulEtsmhFc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.5.0 h1:AKQZ9zJsBRFAp7zLdyGNkqG2rToCDIt3i5tcLzQlbmU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sq55kfhjXYr1zVSyexg0w1mpa03AYXR5eyTkB9NPPdE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 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=