diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
index 08e639d492..7bb1ee7ace 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ This package provides default implementations of the OpenTelemetry API for trace
 
 OpenTelemetry provides a text-based approach to propagate context to remote services using the [W3C Trace Context](https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/) HTTP headers.
 
-> This is used as a default Propagator
-
 ```js
 const api = require("@opentelemetry/api");
 const { HttpTraceContext } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
@@ -56,6 +54,8 @@ api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new B3Propagator());
 
 Combines multiple propagators into a single propagator.
 
+> This is used as a default Propagator
+
 ```js
 const api = require("@opentelemetry/api");
 const { CompositePropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts
index 91153e1fdc..af4f08183c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/test/registration.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { AsyncHooksContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
 import { NoopContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
-import { HttpTraceContext } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { CompositePropagator } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { NodeTracerProvider } from '../src';
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
       context['_getContextManager']() instanceof AsyncHooksContextManager
     );
     assert.ok(
-      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof HttpTraceContext
+      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof CompositePropagator
     );
     assert.ok(trace.getTracerProvider() === tracerProvider);
   });
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
     assert.ok(context['_getContextManager']() instanceof NoopContextManager);
 
     assert.ok(
-      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof HttpTraceContext
+      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof CompositePropagator
     );
     assert.ok(trace.getTracerProvider() === tracerProvider);
   });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
index 43b1474cb4..e1b4a54bb0 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
  */
 
 import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { ConsoleLogger, HttpTraceContext } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import {
+  ConsoleLogger,
+  HttpTraceContext,
+  HttpCorrelationContext,
+  CompositePropagator,
+} from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { SpanProcessor, Tracer } from '.';
 import { DEFAULT_CONFIG } from './config';
 import { MultiSpanProcessor } from './MultiSpanProcessor';
@@ -78,7 +83,9 @@ export class BasicTracerProvider implements api.TracerProvider {
   register(config: SDKRegistrationConfig = {}) {
     api.trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(this);
     if (config.propagator === undefined) {
-      config.propagator = new HttpTraceContext();
+      config.propagator = new CompositePropagator({
+        propagators: [new HttpCorrelationContext(), new HttpTraceContext()],
+      });
     }
 
     if (config.contextManager) {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts
index 215dfad19f..2639072bf4 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-web/test/registration.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   trace,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { NoopContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-base';
-import { HttpTraceContext } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { CompositePropagator } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { StackContextManager, WebTracerProvider } from '../src';
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
 
     assert.ok(context['_getContextManager']() instanceof StackContextManager);
     assert.ok(
-      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof HttpTraceContext
+      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof CompositePropagator
     );
     assert.ok(trace.getTracerProvider() === tracerProvider);
   });
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('API registration', () => {
     assert.ok(context['_getContextManager']() instanceof NoopContextManager);
 
     assert.ok(
-      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof HttpTraceContext
+      propagation['_getGlobalPropagator']() instanceof CompositePropagator
     );
     assert.ok(trace.getTracerProvider() === tracerProvider);
   });