diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 843351c3..050a6bc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ 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 = "0.16.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["trace"] }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.17.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["trace"] }
 uuid = { version = "0.8.2", optional = true, features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 rust_decimal = { version = "1.14.3", optional = true }
 url = { version = "2.2.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs b/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs
index 54ad8056..3ae9e7a9 100644
--- a/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs
+++ b/src/extensions/opentelemetry.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ impl<T> OpenTelemetry<T> {
     /// Use `tracer` to create an OpenTelemetry extension.
     pub fn new(tracer: T) -> OpenTelemetry<T>
     where
-        T: Tracer + Send + Sync,
+        T: Tracer + Send + Sync + 'static,
+        <T as Tracer>::Span: Sync + Send,
     {
         Self {
             tracer: Arc::new(tracer),
@@ -39,7 +40,11 @@ impl<T> OpenTelemetry<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Tracer + Send + Sync> ExtensionFactory for OpenTelemetry<T> {
+impl<T> ExtensionFactory for OpenTelemetry<T>
+where
+    T: Tracer + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    <T as Tracer>::Span: Sync + Send,
+{
     fn create(&self) -> Arc<dyn Extension> {
         Arc::new(OpenTelemetryExtension {
             tracer: self.tracer.clone(),
@@ -52,7 +57,11 @@ struct OpenTelemetryExtension<T> {
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl<T: Tracer + Send + Sync> Extension for OpenTelemetryExtension<T> {
+impl<T> Extension for OpenTelemetryExtension<T>
+where
+    T: Tracer + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    <T as Tracer>::Span: Sync + Send,
+{
     async fn request(&self, ctx: &ExtensionContext<'_>, next: NextRequest<'_>) -> Response {
         next.run(ctx)
             .with_context(OpenTelemetryContext::current_with_span(