diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 7dfaa8468..271c0c240 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 v1.9.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.9.0
 	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 ce8404225..4878e78a4 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 v1.9.0 h1:8WZNQFIB2a71LnANS9JeyidJKKGOOremcUtb/OtHISw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.9.0/go.mod h1:np4EoPGzoPs3O67xUVNoPPcmSvsfOxNlNA4F4AC+0Eo=
 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 v1.9.0 h1:oZaCNJUjWcg60VXWee8lJKlqhPbXAPB51URuR47pQYc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.9.0/go.mod h1:2737Q0MuG8q1uILYm2YYVkAyLtOofiTNGg6VODnOiPo=
 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=