diff --git a/packages/otel/src/opentelemetry.ts b/packages/otel/src/opentelemetry.ts
index 34643701..aea5a365 100644
--- a/packages/otel/src/opentelemetry.ts
+++ b/packages/otel/src/opentelemetry.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Re-exports of commonly used OpenTelemetry primitives
  * This ensures version compatibility when building custom exporters and processors
  */
-export { context, propagation } from '@opentelemetry/api'
+export { context, propagation, trace } from '@opentelemetry/api'
 export { W3CTraceContextPropagator } from '@opentelemetry/core'
 export { BatchSpanProcessor, SimpleSpanProcessor } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node'