diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 66ef199ad75aa..9ce3ed01d459a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/wvanbergen/kafka v0.0.0-20171203153745-e2edea948ddf
 	github.com/xdg/scram v1.0.3
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.8.3
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.43.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.24.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.44.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.27.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.27.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.27.0
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210406145628-7a1108eaa012
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211209124913-491a49abca63
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20211104180415-d3ed0bb246c8
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bitly/go-hostpool v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/golz4 v0.0.0-20150217214814-ef862a3cdc58 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/echlebek/timeproxy v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.5+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/goburrow/modbus v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -326,13 +327,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.2 // indirect
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.9.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/retry v1.4.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric v0.27.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.27.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.12.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220112180741-5e0467b6c7ce // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ab3e39a9f9e6c..cef30142b3014 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -479,8 +479,9 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEe
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.0.2/go.mod h1:eEew/i+1Q6OrCDZh3WiXYv3+nJwBASZ8Bog/87DQnVg=
-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/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.3.0/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
@@ -829,8 +830,11 @@ github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.0/go.mod h1:wCYkCAKZfumFQihp8CzCvQ3paCTfi41vtzG
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0 h1:QK40JKJyMdUDz+h+xvCsru/bJhvG0UxvePV0ufL/AcE=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2 h1:ahHml/yUpnlb96Rp8HCvtYVPY8ZYpxq3g7UYchIYwbs=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.4/go.mod h1:XCwSNxSkXRo4vlyPy93sltvi/qJq0jqQhjqQNIwKuxM=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5/go.mod h1:pprOEPIfldk/42T2oK7lQ4v4JSDwmV0As9GaiUsvbm0=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 h1:/Fpf6oFPoeFik9ty7siob0G6Ke8QvQEuVcuChpwXzpY=
@@ -2253,30 +2257,30 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.28.0 h1:XmRwoSj3HZtC7O/12fBoQ9DInvwBwFHgHLZrwNxNjQY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.28.0/go.mod h1:AP/BTXwo1eedoJO7V+HQ68CSvJU1lcdqOzJCgt1VsNs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.39.0/go.mod h1:gS8A27wi+8gM3hrXL+dEjTbrbLxktjHjAwwqI31ELgQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.43.2 h1://uSa4CwMY0wEhV+eIYa6iBYJaVdiwUOtMfk6muJBzI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.43.2/go.mod h1:uUgx84gI+G/tE87Oo84305q0MD8tUV9uWxg+ckAE7Ew=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.44.0 h1:I+M6X2NANYChOGYrpbxCoEYJah3eHdMvumKjothIAtA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.44.0/go.mod h1:4jo1R8uBDspLCxUGhQ0k3v/EFXFbW7s0AIy3LuGLbcU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.7.0/go.mod h1:aZMyHG5TqDOXEgH2tyLiXSUKly1jT3yqE9PmrzIeCdo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.1 h1:4XKyXmfqJLOQ7feyV5DB6gsBFZ0ltB8vLtp6pj4JIcc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.1/go.mod h1:OPEOD4jIT2SlZPMmwT6FqZz2C0ZNdQqiWcoK6M0SNFU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric v0.24.0 h1:NN6n2agAkT6j2o+1RPTFANclOnZ/3Z1ruRGL06NYACk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric v0.24.0/go.mod h1:kgWmavsno59/h5l9A9KXhvqrYxBhiQvJHPNhJkMP46s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.24.0 h1:QyIh7cAMItlzm8xQn9c6QxNEMUbYgXPx19irR/pmgdI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.24.0/go.mod h1:BpCT1zDnUgcUc3VqFVkxH/nkx6cM8XlCPsQsxaOzUNM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.24.0 h1:O5lFy6kAl0LMWBjzy3k//M8VjEaTDWL9DPJuqZmWIAA=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.24.0/go.mod h1:PSkQG+KuApZjBpC6ea6082ZrWUUy/w132tJ/LOU3TXk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.24.0 h1:Rg4UYHS6JKR1Sw1TxnI13z7q/0p/XAbgIqUTagvLJuU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.24.0/go.mod h1:tpMFnCD9t+BEGiWY2bWF5+AwjuAdM0lSowQ4SBA3/K4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.1 h1:wXxFEWGo7XfXupPwVJvTBOaPBC9FEg0wB8hMNrKk+cA=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.1/go.mod h1:HrdXne+BiwsOHYYkBE5ysIcv2bvdZstxzmCQhxTcZkI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.24.0 h1:innKi8LQebwPI+WEuEKEWMjhWC5mXQG1/WpSm5mffSY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.24.0/go.mod h1:chmxXGVNcpCih5XyniVkL4VUyaEroUbOdvjVlQ8M29Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.24.0 h1:LLHrZikGdEHoHihwIPvfFRJX+T+NdrU2zgEqf7tQ7Oo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.24.0/go.mod h1:KDgJgYzsIowuIDbPM9sLDZY9JJ6gqIDWCx92iWV8ejk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.1 h1:StTeIH6Q3G4r0Fiw34LTokUFESZgIDUr0qIJ7mKmAfw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.1/go.mod h1:5g4i4fKLaX2BQpSBsxw8YYcgKpMMSW3x7ZTuYBr3sUk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.0 h1:7ESuKPq6zpjRaY5nvVDGiuwK7VAJ8MwkKnmNJ9whNZ4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jeAqMFKy2uLIxCtKxoFj0FAL5zAPKQagc3+GtBWakzk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/retry v1.4.0 h1:j7AwzDdAQBJjcqayAaYbvpYeZzII7cEe5qJTu+De6UY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/retry v1.4.0/go.mod h1:VpP4/RMn8bv8gNo9uK7/IMY4mtWLELsS+JIP0inH0h4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric v0.27.0 h1:t1aPfMj5oZzv2EaRmdC2QPQg1a7MaBjraOh4Hjwuia8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric v0.27.0/go.mod h1:aZnoYVx7GIuMROciGC3cjZhYxMD/lKroRJUnFY0afu0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.27.0 h1:RJURCSrqUjJiCY3GuFCVP2EPKOQLwNXQ4FI3aH2KoHg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v0.27.0/go.mod h1:LIc1eCpkU94tPnXxH40ya41Oyxm7sL+oDvxCYPFpnV8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.27.0 h1:9dAVGAfFiiEq5NVB9FUJ5et+btbDQAUIJehJ+ikyryk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric v0.27.0/go.mod h1:n1CVxRqKqYZtqyTh9U/onvKapPGv7y/rpyOTI+LFNzw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.27.0 h1:HhJPsGhJoKRSegPQILFbODU56NS/L1UE4fS1sC5kIwQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.27.0/go.mod h1:raXDJ7uP2/Jc0nVZWQjJtzoyssOYWu/+pjZqRzfvZ7g=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.0 h1:LJE4SW3jd4lQTESnlpQZcBhQ3oci0U2MLR5uhicfTHQ=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.4.0/go.mod h1:71GJPNJh4Qju6zJuYl1CrYtXbrgfau/M9UAggqiy1UE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.27.0 h1:CDEu96Js5IP7f4bJ8eimxF09V5hKYmE7CeyKSjmAL1s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.27.0/go.mod h1:lOgrT5C3ORdbqp2LsDrx+pBj6gbZtQ5Omk27vH3EaW0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.0 h1:4OOUrPZdVFQkbzl/JSdvGCWIdw5ONXXxzHlaLlWppmo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.4.0/go.mod h1:uc3eRsqDfWs9R7b92xbQbU42/eTNz4N+gLP8qJCi4aE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.9.0 h1:C0g6TWmQYvjKRnljRULLWUVJGy8Uvu0NEL/5frY2/t4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.9.0/go.mod h1:1vKfU9rv61e9EVGthD1zNvUbiwPcimSsOPU9brfSHJg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.12.0 h1:CMJ/3Wp7iOWES+CYLfnBv+DVmPbB+kmy9PJ92XvlR6c=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.12.0/go.mod h1:TsIjwGWIx5VFYv9KGVlOpxoBl5Dy+63SUguV7GGvlSQ=
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210406145628-7a1108eaa012 h1:4RGobP/iq7S22H0Bb92OEt+M8/cfBQnW+T+a2MC0sQo=
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20210406145628-7a1108eaa012/go.mod h1:t3mmBBPzAVvK0L0n1drDmrQsJ8FoIx4INCqVMTr/Zo0=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go b/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go
index 4704d779dfd49..e054d1d8dce15 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestOpenTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pusher := controller.New(
 		processor.NewFactory(
-			simple.NewWithExactDistribution(),
+			simple.NewWithHistogramDistribution(),
 			metricExporter,
 		),
 		controller.WithExporter(metricExporter),