diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.mod
index d67813c1e27..70804ab4393 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric
 go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.2.0
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.sum
index 1dffbbaceab..6e62617146e 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0 h1:9Re3G2TWxkE06LdMWMpcY6KV81GLXMGiYpPYUPkFAws=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1 h1:G2HAfAmvm/GcKan2oOQpBXOd2tT2G57ZnZGWa1PxPBQ=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.2 h1:6Yo7N8UP2K6LWZnW94DLVSSrbobcWdVzAYOisuDPIFo=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.sum
index 1dffbbaceab..6e62617146e 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0 h1:9Re3G2TWxkE06LdMWMpcY6KV81GLXMGiYpPYUPkFAws=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1 h1:G2HAfAmvm/GcKan2oOQpBXOd2tT2G57ZnZGWa1PxPBQ=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.2 h1:6Yo7N8UP2K6LWZnW94DLVSSrbobcWdVzAYOisuDPIFo=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
index 3cd6568d6e3..0375c668070 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/go.sum
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0 h1:9Re3G2TWxkE06LdMWMpcY6KV81GLXMGiYpPYUPkFAws=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.2/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInqkPWOWmG2CLw=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=