diff --git a/instrumentation/runtime/example/go.mod b/instrumentation/runtime/example/go.mod
index 2941b0b8dcb..616958a04db 100644
--- a/instrumentation/runtime/example/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/runtime/example/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ replace (
 )
 
 require (
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/runtime v0.18.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout v0.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.17.0
 )