diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.mod b/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.mod
index f92cd8e4625d..91b5965f0532 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.80.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
diff --git a/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.sum b/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.sum
index 5fa3674e7b8e..2a41c0beb759 100644
--- a/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/signalfxexporter/go.sum
@@ -2870,8 +2870,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0 h1:KS/R3tvhPqvJvwcKfnBHJwwthS11LRhmM5D59eEXa0s=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.9.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=