diff --git a/example/otel-collector/go.mod b/example/otel-collector/go.mod
index 19727ec..8cd358e 100644
--- a/example/otel-collector/go.mod
+++ b/example/otel-collector/go.mod
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/example/otel-collector/go.sum b/example/otel-collector/go.sum
index 073b612..af44f16 100644
--- a/example/otel-collector/go.sum
+++ b/example/otel-collector/go.sum
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576/go.mod h1:5uTbfoYQed2U9p3KIj2/Zzm02PYhndfdmML0qC3q3FU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1 h1:oI5oTa11+ng8r8XMMN7jAOmWfPZWbYpCFaMUTACxkM0=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1/go.mod h1:+q1XYFJjShcqn0QZHvCyeR4CXPA+llXIeUIfIe00waw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/example/stdout/go.mod b/example/stdout/go.mod
index 321f28a..9d8acae 100644
--- a/example/stdout/go.mod
+++ b/example/stdout/go.mod
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.33.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/example/stdout/go.sum b/example/stdout/go.sum
index bbd8a05..b91d091 100644
--- a/example/stdout/go.sum
+++ b/example/stdout/go.sum
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qq
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=