diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1ddc3f42..0e8794fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ log = { version = "0.4.14", optional = true }
 secrecy = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
 tracinglib = { version = "0.1.25", optional = true, package = "tracing" }
 tracing-futures = { version = "0.2.5", optional = true, features = ["std-future", "futures-03"] }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.13.0", optional = true }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["trace"] }
 url = { version = "2.2.1", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "0.8.2", optional = true, features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 rust_decimal = { version = "1.14.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs b/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs
index e12a7a19..54ad8056 100644
--- a/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs
+++ b/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs
@@ -162,18 +162,17 @@ impl<T: Tracer + Send + Sync> Extension for OpenTelemetryExtension<T> {
         ];
         let span = self
             .tracer
-            .span_builder(&info.path_node.to_string())
+            .span_builder(info.path_node.to_string())
             .with_kind(SpanKind::Server)
             .with_attributes(attributes)
             .start(&*self.tracer);
         next.run(ctx, info)
             .with_context(OpenTelemetryContext::current_with_span(span))
-            .map_err(|err| {
+            .inspect_err(|err| {
                 let current_cx = OpenTelemetryContext::current();
                 current_cx
                     .span()
                     .add_event("error".to_string(), vec![KEY_ERROR.string(err.to_string())]);
-                err
             })
             .await
     }