diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index aad82a4..de7e84a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
 
-## 2.0.5 (Jan 14, 2024)
+## 2.1.0 (Jan 23, 2025)
+
+1. Include `DisableTracePropagation` as a WriterOption
+
+## 2.0.5 (Jan 14, 2025)
 
 1. Updated confluent-kafka-go-2.8.0
 
diff --git a/test/integration_test.go b/test/integration_test.go
index 081c13f..5a05096 100644
--- a/test/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration_test.go
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/zillow/zfmt"
 	"github.com/zillow/zkafka/v2"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
 // TestKafkaClientsCanReadOwnWritesAndBehaveProperlyAfterRestart will test that a kafka consumer can properly read messages
 // written by the kafka producer. It will additionally, confirm that when a group is restarted that it starts off where
-// it left off (addressing an off by 1 bug seen with an earlier version)
+// it left off (addressing an off by 1 bug seen with an earlier version).
+// Finally it'll confirm that otel propagation can be used to manipulate written contents of kafka.Message
+// And that options exist to create a zkafka.Writer which disables that propagation. This is done by including a propagator
+// which always adds the header "kobe"="bryant". Writer1 uses this propagator, writer2 disables it. Assertions are made
+// on the presence of the header.
 //
 // The following steps are followed
 // 1. Create a new consumer group that is reading from the topic
@@ -43,14 +49,34 @@ func TestKafkaClientsCanReadOwnWritesAndBehaveProperlyAfterRestart(t *testing.T)
 
 	groupID := uuid.NewString()
 
-	client := zkafka.NewClient(zkafka.Config{BootstrapServers: []string{bootstrapServer}}, zkafka.LoggerOption(stdLogger{}))
+	client := zkafka.NewClient(
+		zkafka.Config{BootstrapServers: []string{bootstrapServer}},
+		zkafka.LoggerOption(stdLogger{}),
+		zkafka.WithClientTextMapPropagator(fakeTextMapPropagator{
+			inject: func(ctx context.Context, carrier propagation.TextMapCarrier) {
+				carrier.Set("kobe", "bryant")
+			},
+		}),
+		zkafka.WithClientTracerProviderOption(noop.NewTracerProvider()),
+	)
 	defer func() { require.NoError(t, client.Close()) }()
 
-	writer, err := client.Writer(ctx, zkafka.ProducerTopicConfig{
-		ClientID:  fmt.Sprintf("writer-%s-%s", t.Name(), uuid.NewString()),
+	writer1, err := client.Writer(ctx, zkafka.ProducerTopicConfig{
+		ClientID:  fmt.Sprintf("writer1-%s-%s", t.Name(), uuid.NewString()),
+		Topic:     topic,
+		Formatter: zfmt.JSONFmt,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	writer2, err := client.Writer(ctx, zkafka.ProducerTopicConfig{
+		ClientID:  fmt.Sprintf("writer2-%s-%s", t.Name(), uuid.NewString()),
 		Topic:     topic,
 		Formatter: zfmt.JSONFmt,
+	}, func(settings *zkafka.WriterSettings) {
+		settings.DisableTracePropagation = true
 	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	consumerTopicConfig := zkafka.ConsumerTopicConfig{
 		ClientID:  fmt.Sprintf("reader-%s-%s", t.Name(), uuid.NewString()),
 		Topic:     topic,
@@ -111,11 +137,11 @@ func TestKafkaClientsCanReadOwnWritesAndBehaveProperlyAfterRestart(t *testing.T)
 	}, readResponses)
 
 	// write msg1, and msg2
-	resWrite1, err := writer.Write(ctx, msg1)
+	resWrite1, err := writer1.Write(ctx, msg1)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	msg2 := Msg{Val: "2"}
-	resWrite2, err := writer.Write(ctx, msg2)
+	resWrite2, err := writer2.Write(ctx, msg2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// reader will send on channel the messages it has read (should just be msg1)
@@ -125,6 +151,7 @@ func TestKafkaClientsCanReadOwnWritesAndBehaveProperlyAfterRestart(t *testing.T)
 	require.NoError(t, resp.err)
 	require.NotNil(t, rmsg1, "expected written message to be read")
 	require.Equal(t, int(rmsg1.Offset), int(resWrite1.Offset), "expected read offset to match written")
+	require.Equal(t, "bryant", string(rmsg1.Headers["kobe"]))
 
 	gotMsg1 := Msg{}
 	err = resp.msg.Decode(&gotMsg1)
@@ -151,6 +178,7 @@ func TestKafkaClientsCanReadOwnWritesAndBehaveProperlyAfterRestart(t *testing.T)
 
 	// assert offset is for second message written (no replay of old message)
 	require.Equal(t, int(rmsg2.Offset), int(resWrite2.Offset), "expected read offset to match written")
+	require.Empty(t, rmsg2.Headers["kobe"])
 
 	gotMsg2 := Msg{}
 	err = rmsg2.Decode(&gotMsg2)
@@ -1285,7 +1313,7 @@ func Test_DeadletterClientDoesntCollideWithProducer(t *testing.T) {
 		if msgCount.Load()%2 == 0 {
 			return errors.New("random error occurred")
 		}
-		_, err := processorWriter.WriteRaw(ctx, nil, msg.Value())
+		_, err := processorWriter.WriteRaw(ctx, nil, msg.Value(), nil)
 
 		return err
 	})
@@ -1458,3 +1486,23 @@ type partition struct {
 	offset    int64
 	topic     string
 }
+
+type fakeTextMapPropagator struct {
+	inject func(ctx context.Context, carrier propagation.TextMapCarrier)
+}
+
+func (f fakeTextMapPropagator) Inject(ctx context.Context, carrier propagation.TextMapCarrier) {
+	if f.inject != nil {
+		f.inject(ctx, carrier)
+	}
+}
+
+func (f fakeTextMapPropagator) Extract(ctx context.Context, carrier propagation.TextMapCarrier) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (f fakeTextMapPropagator) Fields() []string {
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ propagation.TextMapPropagator = (*fakeTextMapPropagator)(nil)
diff --git a/writer.go b/writer.go
index 6880ae8..a5cf9c2 100644
--- a/writer.go
+++ b/writer.go
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ func newWriter(args writerArgs) (*KWriter, error) {
 	for _, opt := range args.opts {
 		opt(&s)
 	}
+	if s.DisableTracePropagation {
+		w.p = nil
+	}
 	if s.f != nil {
 		w.formatter = s.f
 	}
@@ -130,6 +133,9 @@ func (w *KWriter) WriteKey(ctx context.Context, key string, value any, opts ...W
 func (w *KWriter) WriteRaw(ctx context.Context, key *string, value []byte, opts ...WriteOption) (Response, error) {
 	kafkaMessage := makeProducerMessageRaw(ctx, w.topicConfig.Topic, key, value)
 	for _, opt := range opts {
+		if opt == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		opt.apply(&kafkaMessage)
 	}
 	if w.lifecycle.PreWrite != nil {
@@ -248,7 +254,8 @@ func (w *KWriter) Close() {
 }
 
 type WriterSettings struct {
-	f kFormatter
+	f                       kFormatter
+	DisableTracePropagation bool
 }
 
 // WriterOption is a function that modify the writer configurations