diff --git a/tracegen/go.mod b/tracegen/go.mod
index f40e7618eb14..e8a837f74f2f 100644
--- a/tracegen/go.mod
+++ b/tracegen/go.mod
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ go 1.14
 require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.2.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp v0.16.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.16.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.17.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20200630173020-3af7569d3a1e
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.35.0
diff --git a/tracegen/go.sum b/tracegen/go.sum
index dcb13566f420..4e7dc883b326 100644
--- a/tracegen/go.sum
+++ b/tracegen/go.sum
@@ -79,10 +79,24 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5Cc
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0 h1:uIWEbdeb4vpKPGITLsRVUS44L5oDbDUCZxn8lkxhmgw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0/go.mod h1:e4GKElweB8W2gWUqbghw0B8t5MCTccc9212eNHnOHwA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0 h1:6MKOu8WY4hmfpQ4oQn34u6rYhnf2sWf1LXYO/UFm71U=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.17.0/go.mod h1:Oqtdxmf7UtEvL037ohlgnaYa1h7GtMh0NcSd9eqkC9s=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp v0.16.0 h1:gwGIrprYSupcCfit/I07M49UqYImZU53L32960SeY5I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp v0.16.0/go.mod h1:FchtXs20Y1rc67QNJle+Rv34u7GPWa6hXUpwlqWYQw4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.17.0 h1:t+5EioN8YFXQ2EH+1j6FHCKMUj+57zIDSnSGr/mWuug=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hUz9lH1rNXyEwWAhIWCMFWKhYtpASgSnObJFnU26dJ0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0 h1:TyAihUowTDLqb4+m5ePAsR71xPJaTBJl4KDArIdi9k4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.17.0/go.mod h1:JT/LGFxPwpN+nlsTiinSYjdIx3hZIGqHCpChcIZmdoE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.16.0 h1:5o+fkNsOfH5Mix1bHUApNBqeDcAYczHDa7Ix+R73K2U=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.16.0/go.mod h1:Jb0B4wrxerxtBeapvstmAZvJGQmvah4dHgKSngDpiCo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0 h1:eHXQwanmbtSHM/GcJYbJ8FyyH/sT9a0e+1Z9ZWkF7Ug=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.17.0/go.mod h1:INs1PePjjF2hf842AXsxGTe5lH023QfLTZRFPiV/RUk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.17.0 h1:RKOa26LDq4JBRwUnWwY64ccc27v1rA20z0q71aq4WFs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:G9SxRFvGmGpdmJ8TEXnTEnnRuR5p3cg/tRvWkA/XHvo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.17.0 h1:l9W/OcHwyq3ZPqk4V6OS5ED50z9A6yI8N9gWeKS7zAY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.17.0/go.mod h1:zAX55SrmDMpZwfQrz1PKIPbCP5beU+JPQTfNko01deo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0 h1:SBOj64/GAOyWzs5F680yW1ITIfJkm6cJWL2YAvuL9xY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.17.0/go.mod h1:bIujpqg6ZL6xUTubIUgziI1jSaUPthmabA/ygf/6Cfg=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0 h1:Ezj3JGmsOnG1MoRWQkPBsKLe9DwWD9QeXzTRzzldNVk=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=