diff --git a/src/agents/tracing/traces.py b/src/agents/tracing/traces.py
index 53d062846..00aa0ba19 100644
--- a/src/agents/tracing/traces.py
+++ b/src/agents/tracing/traces.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from .scope import Scope
 
 
-class Trace:
+class Trace(abc.ABC):
     """
     A trace is the root level object that tracing creates. It represents a logical "workflow".
     """