diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 7ec628236..122eb6302 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/tommy351/zap-stackdriver v0.1.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.7.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.8.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.8.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220608161450-d0670ef3b1eb
 )
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 8d5b70794..aa77b84c5 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -416,11 +416,11 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 h1:gqCw0LfLxScz8irSi8exQc7fyQ0fKQU/qnC/X8+V/1M=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.6.2/go.mod h1:MUBZHaB2cm6CahEBHQPq9Anos7IXynP/noVpjsxQTSc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0 h1:Z2lA3Tdch0iDcrhJXDIlC94XE+bxok1F9B+4Lz/lGsM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0/go.mod h1:5BdUoMIz5WEs0vt0CUEMtSSaTSHBBVwrhnz7+nrD5xk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.8.0 h1:zcvBFizPbpa1q7FehvFiHbQwGzmPILebO0tyqIR5Djg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.8.0/go.mod h1:2pkj+iMj0o03Y+cW6/m8Y4WkRdYN3AvCXCnzRMp9yvM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.6.2/go.mod h1:RMqfw8Mclba1p7sXDmEDBvrB8jw65F6GOoN1fyyXTzk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.7.0 h1:O37Iogk1lEkMRXewVtZ1BBTVn5JEp8GrJvP92bJqC6o=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fzLSB9nqR2eXzxPXb2JW9IKE+ScyXA48yyE4TNvoHqU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.8.0 h1:cSy0DF9eGI5WIfNwZ1q2iUyGj00tGzP24dE1lOlHrfY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.8.0/go.mod h1:0Bt3PXY8w+3pheS3hQUt+wow8b1ojPaTBoTCh2zIFI4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=