diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0017c10fed..1d09150117 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Production dependencies that are required by a package always need to be added t
 
 The following sections describe how to manage dependencies in practice.
 
-### Adding A Package Dependency
+### Adding A Package Dependency   npm install import-in-the-middle -w packages/core
 
 `npm install -D ${dependency-name}`: Adds a dev dependency to the root `package.json` file.
 `npm install ${dependency-name} -w packages/collector`: Adds a production dependency to the package `@instana/collector`. This is equivalent to `cd packages/collector; npm install ${dependency-name}`.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 129616461f..1ac25281c3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
         "graphql-tag": "2.12.6",
         "graphql-ws": "^5.16.0",
         "husky": "^7.0.4",
-        "import-in-the-middle": "^1.7.4",
         "ioredis": "^5.4.1",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
         "kafka-node": "^5.0.0",
@@ -24625,7 +24624,6 @@
       "version": "1.9.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn-import-attributes/-/acorn-import-attributes-1.9.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-n02Vykv5uA3eHGM/Z2dQrcD56kL8TyDb2p1+0P83PClMnC/nc+anbQRhIOWnSq4Ke/KvDPrY3C9hDtC/A3eHnQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "peerDependencies": {
         "acorn": "^8"
       }
@@ -33383,7 +33381,6 @@
       "version": "1.7.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/import-in-the-middle/-/import-in-the-middle-1.7.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Lk+qzWmiQuRPPulGQeK5qq0v32k2bHnWrRPFgqyvhw7Kkov5L6MOLOIU3pcWeujc9W4q54Cp3Q2WV16eQkc7Bg==",
-      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "acorn": "^8.8.2",
         "acorn-import-attributes": "^1.9.5",
@@ -47763,6 +47760,7 @@
         "@instana/core": "3.8.1",
         "@instana/shared-metrics": "3.8.1",
         "bunyan": "^1.8.15",
+        "import-in-the-middle": "^1.7.4",
         "semver": "^7.5.4",
         "serialize-error": "^8.1.0"
       },
@@ -48171,6 +48169,7 @@
         "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-tedious": "0.10.1",
         "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "1.24.0",
         "cls-bluebird": "^2.1.0",
+        "import-in-the-middle": "^1.7.4",
         "lru-cache": "^10.1.0",
         "methods": "^1.1.2",
         "opentracing": "^0.14.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ba6cff4c7..51e2245eed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@
     "graphql-tag": "2.12.6",
     "graphql-ws": "^5.16.0",
     "husky": "^7.0.4",
-    "import-in-the-middle": "^1.7.4",
     "ioredis": "^5.4.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "kafka-node": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/collector/package.json b/packages/collector/package.json
index 05ad6114c0..29f207fee2 100644
--- a/packages/collector/package.json
+++ b/packages/collector/package.json
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     "@instana/core": "3.8.1",
     "@instana/shared-metrics": "3.8.1",
     "bunyan": "^1.8.15",
+    "import-in-the-middle": "^1.7.4",
     "semver": "^7.5.4",
     "serialize-error": "^8.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/collector/src/agentConnection.js b/packages/collector/src/agentConnection.js
index adf13d0093..992f4fbe89 100644
--- a/packages/collector/src/agentConnection.js
+++ b/packages/collector/src/agentConnection.js
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ exports.sendMetrics = function sendMetrics(data, cb) {
  * @param {(...args: *) => *} cb
  */
 exports.sendSpans = function sendSpans(spans, cb) {
+  /* eslint-disable no-console */
+  console.log('here are the spans', spans);
   const callback = util.atMostOnce('callback for sendSpans', err => {
     if (err && !maxContentErrorHasBeenLogged && err instanceof PayloadTooLargeError) {
       logLargeSpans(spans);
diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/esm/iitm/test.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/esm/iitm/test.js
index efec6bc7ff..5be3c4bf0c 100644
--- a/packages/collector/test/tracing/esm/iitm/test.js
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/esm/iitm/test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const constants = require('@instana/core').tracing.constants;
 
 const mochaSuiteFn = supportedVersion(process.versions.node) ? describe : describe.skip;
 
-mochaSuiteFn('[ESM] - iitm', function () {
+mochaSuiteFn.only('[ESM] - iitm', function () {
   this.timeout(config.getTestTimeout());
 
   globalAgent.setUpCleanUpHooks();
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 9b9fd61e92..4cc1ec125c 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-tedious": "0.10.1",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "1.24.0",
     "cls-bluebird": "^2.1.0",
+    "import-in-the-middle": "^1.7.4",
     "lru-cache": "^10.1.0",
     "methods": "^1.1.2",
     "opentracing": "^0.14.5",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/util/iitmHook.js b/packages/core/src/util/iitmHook.js
index 61ef0784c5..e2ab18a864 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/util/iitmHook.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/util/iitmHook.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line instana/no-unsafe-require, import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-const path = require('path');
-const rootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../');
-const iitmHookPath = require.resolve('import-in-the-middle', { paths: [rootDir] });
-const iitmHook = require(iitmHookPath);
+// const path = require('path');
+// const rootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../');
+// const iitmHookPath = require.resolve('import-in-the-middle', { paths: [rootDir] });
+const iitmHook = require('import-in-the-middle');
 const calculator = require('../tracing/instrumentation/test/calculator');
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 function init() {