diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/src/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/src/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.ts
index 84ac964a592..267cafba02b 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/src/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/src/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.ts
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ function deserializeSpanContext(serializedString: string): SpanContext | null {
   if (headers.length !== 4) {
     return null;
   }
-  const [traceId, spanId, , flags] = headers;
 
+  const [_traceId, spanId, , flags] = headers;
+
+  const traceId = _traceId.padStart(32, '0');
   const traceFlags = flags.match(/^[0-9a-f]{2}$/i) ? parseInt(flags) & 1 : 1;
 
   return { traceId, spanId, isRemote: true, traceFlags };
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts
index 4c27c281d8d..763d8b93993 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test/JaegerHttpTracePropagator.test.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('JaegerHttpTracePropagator', () => {
 
       assert.deepStrictEqual(extractedSpanContext, {
         spanId: '45fd2a9709dadcf1',
-        traceId: '9c41e35aeb6d1272',
+        traceId: '00000000000000009c41e35aeb6d1272',
         isRemote: true,
         traceFlags: TraceFlags.SAMPLED,
       });
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('JaegerHttpTracePropagator', () => {
 
       assert.deepStrictEqual(extractedSpanContext, {
         spanId: '5ac292c4a11a163e',
-        traceId: 'ac1f3dc3c2c0b06e',
+        traceId: '0000000000000000ac1f3dc3c2c0b06e',
         isRemote: true,
         traceFlags: TraceFlags.SAMPLED,
       });