diff --git a/example/trace/otlpgrpc/example.go b/example/trace/otlpgrpc/example.go
index ff25211c2..3f1abc812 100644
--- a/example/trace/otlpgrpc/example.go
+++ b/example/trace/otlpgrpc/example.go
@@ -27,19 +27,14 @@ import (
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.24.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/oauth"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/google"
 )
 
 func initTracer() (func(), error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	creds, err := oauth.NewApplicationDefault(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	exporter, err := otlptracegrpc.New(ctx, otlptracegrpc.WithDialOption(grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(creds)))
+	creds := google.NewDefaultCredentials()
+	exporter, err := otlptracegrpc.New(ctx, otlptracegrpc.WithTLSCredentials(creds.TransportCredentials()))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.mod b/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.mod
index 96f9118ce..6520431a3 100644
--- a/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.mod
+++ b/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.mod
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect
diff --git a/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.sum b/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.sum
index ea5cc2b13..26676e068 100644
--- a/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.sum
+++ b/example/trace/otlpgrpc/go.sum
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.15.0 h1:s8pnnxNVzjWyrvYdFUQq5llS1PX2zhPXmccZv99h7uQ=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.15.0/go.mod h1:q48ptWNTY5XWf+JNten23lcvHpLJ0ZSxF5ttTHKVCAM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 h1:60k92dhOjHxJkrqnwsfl8KuaHbn/5dl0lUPUklKo3qE=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=