diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 80d5405ce5..7c9cb0be6b 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ inferno = "0.10.0"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
 
 # opentelemetry example
-opentelemetry = "0.8"
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["trace"] }
 opentelemetry-jaeger = "0.7"