diff --git a/sdk/go.mod b/sdk/go.mod
index 4ddde52d0d6..8da63163b3f 100644
--- a/sdk/go.mod
+++ b/sdk/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.15
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel => ../
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v1.0.0-RC1
diff --git a/sdk/go.sum b/sdk/go.sum
index f212493d586..6ba6e8d59df 100644
--- a/sdk/go.sum
+++ b/sdk/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 v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/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=