diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.mod
index 192b0b0e5d7..33d818c31e8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.mod
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib => ../../../../../
 require (
 	github.com/gocql/gocql v0.0.0-20200624222514-34081eda590e
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.6.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.27.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.6.1
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.sum
index 49050e148e1..411a4da4609 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gocql/gocql/otelgocql/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 h1:DDGfHa7BWjL4Yn
 github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869/go.mod h1:Ekp36dRnpXw/yCqJaO+ZrUyxD+3VXMFFr56k5XYrpB4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/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/gocql/gocql v0.0.0-20200624222514-34081eda590e h1:SroDcndcOU9BVAduPf/PXihXoR2ZYTQYLXbupbqxAyQ=
@@ -26,18 +27,19 @@ 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=
+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 v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jeAqMFKy2uLIxCtKxoFj0FAL5zAPKQagc3+GtBWakzk=
-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 v1.6.1 h1:6r1YrcTenBvYa1x491d0GGpTVBsNECmrc/K6b+zDeis=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.6.1/go.mod h1:blzUabWHkX6LJewxvadmzafgh/wnvBSDBdOuwkAtrWQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.27.0 h1:9dAVGAfFiiEq5NVB9FUJ5et+btbDQAUIJehJ+ikyryk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.27.0/go.mod h1:n1CVxRqKqYZtqyTh9U/onvKapPGv7y/rpyOTI+LFNzw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.27.0 h1:HhJPsGhJoKRSegPQILFbODU56NS/L1UE4fS1sC5kIwQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.27.0/go.mod h1:raXDJ7uP2/Jc0nVZWQjJtzoyssOYWu/+pjZqRzfvZ7g=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.0/go.mod h1:uc3eRsqDfWs9R7b92xbQbU42/eTNz4N+gLP8qJCi4aE=
-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 v1.6.1 h1:f8c93l5tboBYZna1nWk0W9DYyMzJXDWdZcJZ0Kb400U=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.6.1/go.mod h1:RkFRM1m0puWIq10oxImnGEduNBzxiN7TXluRBtE+5j0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=