diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
index 0767140cf3c..133b8f06d55 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.89.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0018
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.89.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.43.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.20.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.20.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.20.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.11.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.7 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0018 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum b/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum
index d23272c49d4..5461054825e 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/go.sum
@@ -262,18 +262,18 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0 h1:vsb/ggIY+hUjD/zCAQHpzTmndPqv/ml2ArbsbfBYTAc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0/go.mod h1:oUIGj3D77RwJdM6PPZImDpSZGDvkD9fhesHny69JFrs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0 h1:hzLeKBZEL7Okw2mGzZ0cc4k/A7Fta0uoPgaJCr8fsFc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0/go.mod h1:QZzNPQPm1zLX4gZK4cMi+71eaorMSGT3A4znnUvNNEo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.43.0 h1:Skkl6akzvdWweXX6LLAY29tyFSO6hWZ26uDbVGTDXe8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.43.0/go.mod h1:nZStMoc1H/YJpRjSx9IEX4abBMekORTLQcTUT1CgLkg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.20.0 h1:ZlrO8Hu9+GAhnepmRGhSU7/VkpjrNowxRN9GyKR4wzA=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.20.0/go.mod h1:90DRw3nfK4D7Sm/75yQ00gTJxtkBxX+wu6YaNymbpVM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 h1:tlYWfeo+Bocx5kLEloTjbcDwBuELRrIFxwdQ36PlJu4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:o1p3CA8nNHW8j5yuQLdc1eeqEaPfzug24uvsyIEJRWM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.20.0 h1:5Jf6imeFZlZtKv9Qbo6qt2ZkmWtdWx/wzcCbNUlAWGM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.20.0/go.mod h1:rmkSx1cZCm/tn16iWDn1GQbLtsW/LvsdEEFzCSRM6V0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.20.0 h1:5eD40l/H2CqdKmbSV7iht2KMK0faAIL2pVYzJOWobGk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.20.0/go.mod h1:AGvpC+YF/jblITiafMTYgvRBUiwi9hZf0EYE2E5XlS8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0 h1:+yxVAPZPbQhbC3OfAkeIVTky6iTFpcr4SiY9om7mXSQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0/go.mod h1:HJSK7F/hA5RlzpZ0zKDCHCDHm556LCDtKaAo6JmBFUU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 h1:WD9i5gzvoUPuXIXH24ZNBudiarZDKuekPqi/E8fpfLc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0/go.mod h1:LGbsEB0f9LGjN+OZaQQ26sohbOmiMR+BaslueVtS/qQ=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1 h1:NBol2c7O1ZokfZ0LEU9K6Whx/KnwvepVetCUhtKja4A=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=