diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7756ed6..89a6318f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ toolchain go1.23.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ee212831..3390120c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.0/go.mod h1:rkhZdG3JZukswDf7f0cwqPNk4K0sa+F97BxZthm/crw=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=
diff --git a/internal/examples/go.mod b/internal/examples/go.mod
index c87bb2b3..a090e081 100644
--- a/internal/examples/go.mod
+++ b/internal/examples/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/open-telemetry/opamp-go/internal/examples
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.23
+
+toolchain go1.23.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0