diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2f870477..8460f750 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.33.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.44.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.71.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.72.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.47.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.47.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.47.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3e949a7a..44dc92dd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gj5Gd3gPdKtR1ikdDK6fnFLdmIS0X30kTTuNd/WEJu0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.71.0 h1:3g7B90UzBltIDKq1/5mrTGxTnOFDV0ICOhLoxiZ8jlg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.71.0/go.mod h1:Ef8SuTh59BT7+ofpDxN9z+yOlc4t2GjLmKDgYNJL/NU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.72.0 h1:LxwW/9ctSCv+QkE/cLR7M91ZIkXNMqJtEMi1vCw9U8s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.72.0/go.mod h1:tOsftB4SslBwwErVEPaenU2RpThXWPIU8DoJHEC4dyw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.47.0 h1:j7ALJ/zgkS7Z6aeJW09p8VC9804bC+PpeTfCD4XPnOM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.47.0/go.mod h1:8wS9O2qfXrYrzp6hIF/HOYJJf/wIhFPhR2xLuP+iXQU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.47.0 h1:julhjPeUH/q/7hinbSdDdqt5h7Zw9YWmRlWRhI0jd54=