diff --git a/exporters/metric/cortex/go.mod b/exporters/metric/cortex/go.mod
index 51901a8ddd4..e248bd314a2 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/cortex/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/metric/cortex/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
-	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1
+	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.14.6 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v2.5.0+incompatible
diff --git a/exporters/metric/cortex/go.sum b/exporters/metric/cortex/go.sum
index cdb4007cfa1..cbc769e637e 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/cortex/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/metric/cortex/go.sum
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5y
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3 h1:gyjaxf+svBWX08ZjK86iN9geUJF0H6gp2IRKX6Nf6/I=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3/go.mod h1:vzj43D7+SQXF/4pzW/hwtAqwc6iTitCiVSaWz5lYuqw=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 h1:Qgr9rKW7uDUkrbSmQeiDsGa8SjGyCOGtuasMWwvp2P4=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.2 h1:aeE13tS0IiQgFjYdoL8qN3K1N2bXXtI6Vi51/y7BpMw=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.2/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.1 h1:JFrFEBb2xKufg6XkJsJr+WbKb4FQlURi5RUcBveYu9k=
diff --git a/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum b/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum
index 62f8a327032..f86459876dd 100644
--- a/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/metric/cortex/utils/go.sum
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5y
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3 h1:gyjaxf+svBWX08ZjK86iN9geUJF0H6gp2IRKX6Nf6/I=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3/go.mod h1:vzj43D7+SQXF/4pzW/hwtAqwc6iTitCiVSaWz5lYuqw=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 h1:Qgr9rKW7uDUkrbSmQeiDsGa8SjGyCOGtuasMWwvp2P4=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.2 h1:aeE13tS0IiQgFjYdoL8qN3K1N2bXXtI6Vi51/y7BpMw=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.2/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=