diff --git a/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml b/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
index 3b79b63..12573e2 100644
--- a/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/custom-root-span/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ opentelemetry = "0.27"
 opentelemetry-otlp = "0.27"
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.27", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.27"
-tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.28" }
+tracing-opentelemetry = "0.28"
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["registry", "env-filter"] }
-tracing-bunyan-formatter = "0.3"
 tracing-actix-web = { path = "../..", features = ["opentelemetry_0_27"] }
+tracing-bunyan-formatter = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["registry", "env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/custom-root-span/src/main.rs b/examples/custom-root-span/src/main.rs
index 17179ac..73af523 100644
--- a/examples/custom-root-span/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/custom-root-span/src/main.rs
@@ -85,18 +85,16 @@ fn init_telemetry() {
     // Start a new otlp trace pipeline.
     // Spans are exported in batch - recommended setup for a production application.
     global::set_text_map_propagator(TraceContextPropagator::new());
-    let tracer = opentelemetry_otlp::new_pipeline()
-        .tracing()
-        .with_exporter(
-            opentelemetry_otlp::new_exporter()
-                .tonic()
-                .with_endpoint("http://localhost:4317"),
-        )
-        .with_trace_config(Config::default().with_resource(RESOURCE.clone()))
-        .install_batch(TokioCurrentThread)
-        .expect("Failed to install OpenTelemetry tracer.")
-        .tracer_builder(APP_NAME)
+    let otlp_exporter = opentelemetry_otlp::SpanExporter::builder()
+        .with_tonic()
+        .with_endpoint("http://localhost:4317")
+        .build()
+        .expect("Failed to build the span exporter");
+    let provier = opentelemetry_sdk::trace::TracerProvider::builder()
+        .with_batch_exporter(otlp_exporter, TokioCurrentThread)
+        .with_config(Config::default().with_resource(RESOURCE.clone()))
         .build();
+    let tracer = provier.tracer(APP_NAME);
 
     // Filter based on level - trace, debug, info, warn, error
     // Tunable via `RUST_LOG` env variable
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index ecc5800..50dbdb3 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4"
 opentelemetry = "0.27"
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.27", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 opentelemetry-otlp = "0.27"
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.27", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.27"
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-actix-web = { path = "../..", features = ["opentelemetry_0_27"] }
+tracing-bunyan-formatter = "0.3"
 tracing-opentelemetry = "0.28"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["registry", "env-filter"] }
-tracing-bunyan-formatter = "0.3"
-tracing-actix-web = { path = "../..", features = ["opentelemetry_0_27"] }
-tracing = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/src/main.rs b/examples/opentelemetry/src/main.rs
index fab4dce..a82bdd2 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/src/main.rs
@@ -25,18 +25,16 @@ fn init_telemetry() {
     // Start a new otlp trace pipeline.
     // Spans are exported in batch - recommended setup for a production application.
     global::set_text_map_propagator(TraceContextPropagator::new());
-    let tracer = opentelemetry_otlp::new_pipeline()
-        .tracing()
-        .with_exporter(
-            opentelemetry_otlp::new_exporter()
-                .tonic()
-                .with_endpoint("http://localhost:4317"),
-        )
-        .with_trace_config(Config::default().with_resource(RESOURCE.clone()))
-        .install_batch(TokioCurrentThread)
-        .expect("Failed to install OpenTelemetry tracer.")
-        .tracer_builder(APP_NAME)
+    let otlp_exporter = opentelemetry_otlp::SpanExporter::builder()
+        .with_tonic()
+        .with_endpoint("http://localhost:4317")
+        .build()
+        .expect("Failed to build the span exporter");
+    let provier = opentelemetry_sdk::trace::TracerProvider::builder()
+        .with_batch_exporter(otlp_exporter, TokioCurrentThread)
+        .with_config(Config::default().with_resource(RESOURCE.clone()))
         .build();
+    let tracer = provier.tracer(APP_NAME);
 
     // Filter based on level - trace, debug, info, warn, error
     // Tunable via `RUST_LOG` env variable