diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
index c3ca2a82a0d..57ff4c2a16a 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
@@ -120,3 +120,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/con
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp => ../../config/confighttp
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver => ../../receiver/otlpreceiver
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv => ../../semconv