diff --git a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp.rb b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp.rb
index 58f4864621..d40c0ab700 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-require 'opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter'
 require 'opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/version'
+require 'opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter'
 
 # OpenTelemetry is an open source observability framework, providing a
 # general-purpose API, SDK, and related tools required for the instrumentation