diff --git a/trace/go.mod b/trace/go.mod
index 83778c09158..4572027feb5 100644
--- a/trace/go.mod
+++ b/trace/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric => ../sdk/metric
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace => ./
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC1
 )
diff --git a/trace/go.sum b/trace/go.sum
index f212493d586..7e9ef62cd92 100644
--- a/trace/go.sum
+++ b/trace/go.sum
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 h1:e6P7q2lk1O+qJJb4BtCQXlK8vWEO8V1ZeuEdJNOqZyg=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=