diff --git a/config/confighttp/go.mod b/config/confighttp/go.mod
index 9097788c373..208c62cf1fb 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/go.mod
+++ b/config/confighttp/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.89.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.89.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.45.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0
 )
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.89.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0018 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0018 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.20.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/config/confighttp/go.sum b/config/confighttp/go.sum
index e6d9117d919..8980039f1fc 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/go.sum
+++ b/config/confighttp/go.sum
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9de
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.45.0 h1:x8Z78aZx8cOF0+Kkazoc7lwUNMGy0LrzEMxTm4BbTxg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.45.0/go.mod h1:62CPTSry9QZtOaSsE3tOzhx6LzDhHnXJ6xHeMNNiM6Q=
-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/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/trace v1.20.0 h1:+yxVAPZPbQhbC3OfAkeIVTky6iTFpcr4SiY9om7mXSQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.20.0/go.mod h1:HJSK7F/hA5RlzpZ0zKDCHCDHm556LCDtKaAo6JmBFUU=
+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/metric v1.21.0 h1:tlYWfeo+Bocx5kLEloTjbcDwBuELRrIFxwdQ36PlJu4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:o1p3CA8nNHW8j5yuQLdc1eeqEaPfzug24uvsyIEJRWM=
+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=