diff --git a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.mod b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.mod
index 7f618ec9346..e2e6e7045a0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib => ../../../../..
 
 require (
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.6.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.6.0
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.sum b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.sum
index 0e4c98b753b..572faafe3a5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/otelmongo/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2 h1:ahHml/yUpnlb96Rp8HCvtYVPY8ZYpxq3g7UYchIYwbs=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 h1:2DntVwHkVopvECVRSlL5PSo9eG+cAkDCuckLubN+rq0=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0 h1:5SgMzNM5HxrEjV0ww2lTmX6E2Izsfxas4+YHWRs3Lsk=
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ 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/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0 h1:HsD+QiTn7sK6flMKIvNmpqz1qrpP3Ps6jOKIKMooyg4=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0 h1:Su7DPu48wXMwC3bs7MCNG+z4FhcyEuz5dlvchbq0B0c=
@@ -40,10 +41,10 @@ github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20181117223130-1be2e3e5546d h1:splanxYIlg+5LfHAM
 github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20181117223130-1be2e3e5546d/go.mod h1:rHwXgn7JulP+udvsHwJoVG1YGAP6VLg4y9I5dyZdqmA=
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.8.4 h1:NruvZPPL0PBcRJKmbswoWSrmHeUvzdxA3GCPfD/NEOA=
 go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.8.4/go.mod h1:0sQWfOeY63QTntERDJJ/0SuKK0T1uVSgKCuAROlKEPY=
-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/trace v1.4.1 h1:O+16qcdTrT7zxv2J6GejTPFinSwA++cYerC5iSiF8EQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1/go.mod h1:iYEVbroFCNut9QkwEczV9vMRPHNKSSwYZjulEtsmhFc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.6.0 h1:YV6GkGe/Ag2PKsm4rjlqdSNs0w0A5ZzxeGkxhx1T+t4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.6.0/go.mod h1:bfJD2DZVw0LBxghOTlgnlI0CV3hLDu9XF/QKOUXMTQQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.6.0 h1:NDzPermp9ISkhxIaJXjBTi2O60xOSHDHP/EezjOL2wo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.6.0/go.mod h1:qs7BrU5cZ8dXQHBGxHMOxwME/27YH2qEp4/+tZLLwJE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201216223049-8b5274cf687f h1:aZp0e2vLN4MToVqnjNEYEtrEA8RH8U8FN1CU7JgqsPU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201216223049-8b5274cf687f/go.mod h1:jdWPYTVW3xRLrWPugEBEK3UY2ZEsg3UU495nc5E+M+I=