diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index f67b70401..40cb31f1b 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/wadey/gocovmerge v0.0.0-20160331181800-b5bfa59ec0ad
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/multimod v0.0.0-20210920164323-2ceabab23375
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/semconvgen v0.0.0-20210920164323-2ceabab23375
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.8
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9
 )
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel => ../..
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 6212d1d9b..1e21d7f22 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -1177,8 +1177,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.4/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.6/go.mod h1:LGqMHiF4EqQNHR1JncWGqT5BVaXmza+X+BDGol+dOxo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.7/go.mod h1:LGqMHiF4EqQNHR1JncWGqT5BVaXmza+X+BDGol+dOxo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.1.8 h1:P1HhGGuLW4aAclzjtmJdf0mJOjVUZUzOTqkAkWL+l6w=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.1.8/go.mod h1:nABZi5QlRsZVlzPpHl034qft6wpY4eDcsTt5AaioBiU=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9 h1:j9KsMiaP1c3B0OTQGth0/k+miLGTgLsAFUCrF2vLcF8=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9/go.mod h1:nABZi5QlRsZVlzPpHl034qft6wpY4eDcsTt5AaioBiU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=