diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.mod
index 9f703050cdb..938149b3865 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.mod
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ replace (
 require (
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.7.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful v0.29.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.6.0
 	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/trace v1.6.0
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.sum
index 4d0bb5dff93..aa659ceef0e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful/example/go.sum
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ 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/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.7.4 h1:PVGUqKvvMzQYiO89TdXrH9EMks+okTaRIMQ3jgMdZ30=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.7.4/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
-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/google/go-cmp v0.5.7 h1:81/ik6ipDQS2aGcBfIN5dHDB36BwrStyeAQquSYCV4o=
@@ -20,16 +21,19 @@ 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 v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-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=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1/go.mod h1:StM6F/0fSwpd8dKWDCdRr7uRvEPYdW0hBSlbdTiUde4=
+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/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/trace v1.4.1/go.mod h1:iYEVbroFCNut9QkwEczV9vMRPHNKSSwYZjulEtsmhFc=
+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/sys v0.0.0-20210423185535-09eb48e85fd7 h1:iGu644GcxtEcrInvDsQRCwJjtCIOlT2V7IRt6ah2Whw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423185535-09eb48e85fd7/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=