diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c422db8c88..533128e687 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.25.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.48.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.24.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.26.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.26.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.26.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index df7290447e..8d66f1f95b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.24.0 h1:Xw8U6
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.24.0/go.mod h1:6KW1Fm6R/s6Z3PGXwSJN2K4eT6wQB3vXX6CVnYX9NmM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.48.0 h1:sBQe3VNGUjY9IKWQC6z2lNqa5iGbDSxhs60ABwK4y0s=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.48.0/go.mod h1:DtrbMzoZWwQHyrQmCfLam5DZbnmorsGbOtTbYHycU5o=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.24.0 h1:3evrL5poBuh1KF51D9gO/S+N/1msnm4DaBqs/rpXUqY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.24.0/go.mod h1:0EHgD8R0+8yRhUYJOGR8Hfg2dpiJQxDOszd5smVO9wM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.26.0 h1:sBk6A62GgcQRwcxcBwRMPkqeuSizcpHkXyZNyP281Fw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.26.0/go.mod h1:fLzYtPUxPFzu7rSqhYsCxYheT2dNoPjtKovCLzLm07w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 h1:7S39CLuY5Jgg9CrnA9HHiEjGMF/X2VHvoXGgSllRz30=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0/go.mod h1:SY+rHOI4cEawI9a7N1A4nIg/nTQXe1ccCNWYOJUrpX4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.26.0 h1:Y7bumHf5tAiDlRYFmGqetNcLaVUZmh4iYfmGxtmz7F8=