diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d41b979e..2e368351 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ require (
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1
 	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5
 	github.com/urfave/negroni v1.0.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.45.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.45.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.46.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.46.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.20.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.20.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/jaegerremote v0.14.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.19.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/jaegerremote v0.15.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.19.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.19.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.19.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.19.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.19.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.15.0
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xtgo/uuid v0.0.0-20140804021211-a0b114877d4c // indirect
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.10.3 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.19.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5e03fd94..7437bc01 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -967,32 +967,32 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.45.0 h1:2ea0IkZBsWH+HA2GkD+7+hRw2u97jzdFyRtXuO14a1s=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.45.0/go.mod h1:4m3RnBBb+7dB9d21y510oO1pdB1V4J6smNf14WXcBFQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.45.0 h1:x8Z78aZx8cOF0+Kkazoc7lwUNMGy0LrzEMxTm4BbTxg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.45.0/go.mod h1:62CPTSry9QZtOaSsE3tOzhx6LzDhHnXJ6xHeMNNiM6Q=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.46.1 h1:gbhw/u49SS3gkPWiYweQNJGm/uJN5GkI/FrosxSHT7A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.46.1/go.mod h1:GnOaBaFQ2we3b9AGWJpsBa7v1S5RlQzlC3O7dRMxZhM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.46.1 h1:aFJWCqJMNjENlcleuuOkGAPH82y0yULBScfXcIEdS24=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.46.1/go.mod h1:sEGXWArGqc3tVa+ekntsN65DmVbVeW+7lTKTjZF3/Fo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.20.0 h1:Yty9Vs4F3D6/liF1o6FNt0PvN85h/BJJ6DQKJ3nrcM0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.20.0/go.mod h1:On4VgbkqYL18kbJlWsa18+cMNe6rYpBnPi1ARI/BrsU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.20.0 h1:iVhNKkMIpzyZqxk8jkDU2n4DFTD+FbpGacvooxEvyyc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.20.0/go.mod h1:cpSABr0cm/AH/HhbJjn+AudBVUMgZWdfN3Gb+ZqxSZc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/jaegerremote v0.14.0 h1:Xg9iU9DF9V9zC6NI8sJthYqHlSWsWAQMTXM8QIErKlc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/jaegerremote v0.14.0/go.mod h1:ExRuq62/gYluX5fzTTZif5WujyG51ail4APTbBUu+S4=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.19.0 h1:MuS/TNf4/j4IXsZuJegVzI1cwut7Qc00344rgH7p8bs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.19.0/go.mod h1:i0QyjOq3UPoTzff0PJB2N66fb4S0+rSbSB15/oyH9fY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/jaegerremote v0.15.1 h1:Qb+5A+JbIjXwO7l4HkRUhgIn4Bzz0GNS2q+qdmSx+0c=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/jaegerremote v0.15.1/go.mod h1:G4vNCm7fRk0kjZ6pGNLo5SpLxAUvOfSrcaegnT8TPck=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0 h1:hzLeKBZEL7Okw2mGzZ0cc4k/A7Fta0uoPgaJCr8fsFc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0/go.mod h1:QZzNPQPm1zLX4gZK4cMi+71eaorMSGT3A4znnUvNNEo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger v1.17.0 h1:D7UpUy2Xc2wsi1Ras6V40q806WM07rqoCWzXu7Sqy+4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger v1.17.0/go.mod h1:nPCqOnEH9rNLKqH/+rrUjiMzHJdV1BlpKcTwRTyKkKI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.19.0 h1:Mne5On7VWdx7omSrSSZvM4Kw7cS7NQkOOmLcgscI51U=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.19.0/go.mod h1:IPtUMKL4O3tH5y+iXVyAXqpAwMuzC1IrxVS81rummfE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.19.0 h1:IeMeyr1aBvBiPVYihXIaeIZba6b8E1bYp7lbdxK8CQg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.19.0/go.mod h1:oVdCUtjq9MK9BlS7TtucsQwUcXcymNiEDjgDD2jMtZU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.19.0 h1:EGY0h5mGliP9o/nIkVuLI0vRiQqmsYOcbwCuotksO1o=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.19.0/go.mod h1:JQgTGJP11yi3o4GHzIWYodhPisxANdqxF1eHwDSnJrI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.19.0 h1:aTzpGtV0ar9wlV4Sna9sdJyII5jTVJEvKETPiOKwvpE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.19.0/go.mod h1:L5rUsV9kM1IxCj1MmSdS+JQAcVm319EUrDVLrt7jqt8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.19.0 h1:6USY6zH+L8uMH8L3t1enZPR3WFEmSTADlqldyHtJi3o=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.19.0/go.mod h1:NedEbbS4w3C6zElbLdPJKOpJQOrGUJ+GfzpjUvI0v1A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.19.0 h1:DFVQmlVbfVeOuBRrwdtaehRrWiL1JoVs9CPIQ1Dzxpg=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mfaSyvGyEJEI0nyV2I4qhNQnbBOUUmYZpYojqMnX2vo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0 h1:cl5P5/GIfFh4t6xyruOgJP5QiA1pw4fYYdv6nc6CBWw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.21.0/go.mod h1:zgBdWWAu7oEEMC06MMKc5NLbA/1YDXV1sMpSqEeLQLg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.21.0 h1:digkEZCJWobwBqMwC0cwCq8/wkkRy/OowZg5OArWZrM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.21.0/go.mod h1:/OpE/y70qVkndM0TrxT4KBoN3RsFZP0QaofcfYrj76I=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.21.0 h1:D+Gv6lSfrFBWmQYyxKjDd0Zuld9SRXpIrEsKZvE4DO4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/zipkin v1.21.0/go.mod h1:83oMKR6DzmHisFOW3I+yIMGZUTjxiWaiBI8M8+TU5zE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0 h1:tlYWfeo+Bocx5kLEloTjbcDwBuELRrIFxwdQ36PlJu4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.21.0/go.mod h1:o1p3CA8nNHW8j5yuQLdc1eeqEaPfzug24uvsyIEJRWM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0 h1:FTt8qirL1EysG6sTQRZ5TokkU8d0ugCj8htOgThZXQ8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0/go.mod h1:Nna6Yv7PWTdgJHVRD9hIYywQBRx7pbox6nwBnZIxl/E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0 h1:WD9i5gzvoUPuXIXH24ZNBudiarZDKuekPqi/E8fpfLc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.21.0/go.mod h1:LGbsEB0f9LGjN+OZaQQ26sohbOmiMR+BaslueVtS/qQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 h1:T0TX0tmXU8a3CbNXzEKGeU5mIVOdf0oykP+u2lIVU/I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Sy6pihPLfYHkr3NkUbEhGHFhINUSI/v80hjKIs5JXpM=
diff --git a/otelx/otel.go b/otelx/otel.go
index 6bf7111e..23b9e28e 100644
--- a/otelx/otel.go
+++ b/otelx/otel.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package otelx
 
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/embedded"
 
 	"github.com/ory/x/logrusx"
 	"github.com/ory/x/stringsx"
@@ -91,13 +92,16 @@ func (t *Tracer) WithOTLP(other trace.Tracer) *Tracer {
 
 // Provider returns a TracerProvider which in turn yields this tracer unmodified.
 func (t *Tracer) Provider() trace.TracerProvider {
-	return tracerProvider{t.Tracer()}
+	return tracerProvider{t: t.Tracer()}
 }
 
 type tracerProvider struct {
+	embedded.TracerProvider
 	t trace.Tracer
 }
 
+func (tp tracerProvider) tracerProvider() {}
+
 var _ trace.TracerProvider = tracerProvider{}
 
 // Tracer implements trace.TracerProvider.