diff --git a/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.mod b/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.mod
index 3d3f909a9762..685d51645365 100644
--- a/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/golden v0.108.0
 	github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-go/v2 v2.3.0
+	github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-go/v4 v4.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.108.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.108.1
diff --git a/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.sum b/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.sum
index 1038acbacc9f..3a64e5260245 100644
--- a/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/opensearchexporter/go.sum
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-go/v2 v2.3.0 h1:nQIEMr+A92CkhHrZgUhcfsrZjibvB3APXf2a1VwCmMQ=
 github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-go/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:8LDr9FCgUTVoT+5ESjc2+iaZuldqE+23Iq0r1XeNue8=
+github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-go/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:9v6a0OHRIeHwLPQlHOia18bw6R5XKECoXy93TWjX/10=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=