diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.mod
index bd9cbdfa02e..f52b06b9f50 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.14
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/contrib => ../../../..
 
 require (
-	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib v0.10.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.10.0
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.sum
index f06df7a32ca..fbb7107f171 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/go.sum
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.1 h1:JFrFEBb2xKufg6XkJsJr+WbKb4FQlURi5RUcBveYu9k=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.1/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 h1:Hsa8mG0dQ46ij8Sl2AYJDUv1oA9/d6Vk+3LG99Oe02g=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4 h1:VuZ8uybHlWmqV03+zRzdwKL4tUnIp1MAQtp1mIFE1bc=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=