diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 0d296abc..d39ccbc0 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.Core" Version="3.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.DurableTask" Version="1.15.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" Version="1.15.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Grpc / Protobuf Packages -->
diff --git a/samples/DistributedTracingSample/DistributedTracingSample.csproj b/samples/DistributedTracingSample/DistributedTracingSample.csproj
index 513e0305..f57eb1f4 100644
--- a/samples/DistributedTracingSample/DistributedTracingSample.csproj
+++ b/samples/DistributedTracingSample/DistributedTracingSample.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" />
   </ItemGroup>