diff --git a/exporter/otlp-http/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace_exporter.rb b/exporter/otlp-http/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace_exporter.rb
index b6c590da0c..0ae739df5a 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp-http/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace_exporter.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp-http/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace_exporter.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 require 'opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/common'
 require 'opentelemetry/sdk'
 require 'net/http'
-require 'csv'
 require 'zlib'
 
 require 'google/rpc/status_pb'
diff --git a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter.rb b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter.rb
index ba068784a0..67418ee017 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/exporter.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 require 'opentelemetry/common'
 require 'opentelemetry/sdk'
 require 'net/http'
-require 'csv'
 require 'zlib'
 
 require 'google/rpc/status_pb'
diff --git a/exporter/zipkin/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.gemspec b/exporter/zipkin/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.gemspec
index c30bbe0135..bbad42c52c 100644
--- a/exporter/zipkin/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.gemspec
+++ b/exporter/zipkin/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.gemspec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
+  spec.add_dependency 'csv', '~> 3.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-sdk', '~> 1.2'