diff --git a/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.mod
index b9ee14f5029a5..2bc3b37a7d737 100644
--- a/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.3.0
 	github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack v0.5.5 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.7 // indirect
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.22.1-0.20210313012550-03904de3dd61
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.57.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.sum
index a2cd45cfbe875..f1dd5c15deb09 100644
--- a/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/go.sum
@@ -440,8 +440,10 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QDs8UjoX8=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3 h1:JjCZWpVbqXDqFVmTfYWEVTMIYrL/NPdPSCHPJ0T/raM=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1 h1:jAbXjIeW2ZSW2AwFxlGTDoc2CjI2XujLkV3ArsZFCvc=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1/go.mod h1:DopwsBzvsk0Fs44TXzsVbJyPhcCPeIwnvohx4u74HPM=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20170215233205-553a64147049/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
@@ -1495,8 +1497,10 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.22.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2l/sGQquU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2l/sGQquU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.24.0/go.mod h1:r/3tXBNzIEhYS9I1OUVjXDlt8tc493IdKGjtUeSXeh4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0 h1:Ejskq+SyPohKW+1uil0JJMtmHCgJPJ/qWTxr8qp+R4c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 h1:bxAC2xTBsZGibn2RTntX0oH50xLsqy1OxA9tTL3p/lk=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6 h1:jMFz6MfLP0/4fUyZle81rXUoxOBFi19VUFKVDOQfozc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=