diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f2e16e75..170d7dc6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Please use a tracer named "nodejs-spanner".
 `SPANNER_NODEJS_ANNOTATE_PII_SQL=1`, this is because SQL statements can be
 sensitive personally-identifiable-information (PII).**
 
-To test out trace examination, you can use the Zipkin tracing service like this.
+To test out trace examination, you can use Google Cloud Trace like this.
 
 ```javascript
 function exportSpans(instanceId, databaseId, projectId) {
@@ -121,9 +121,8 @@ function exportSpans(instanceId, databaseId, projectId) {
     })
   );
 
-  const {ZipkinExporter} = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
-  const options = {serviceName: 'nodejs-spanner'};
-  const exporter = new ZipkinExporter(options);
+  const {TraceExporter} = require('@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter');
+  const exporter = new TraceExporter({});
 
   const sdk = new NodeSDK({
     resource: resource,
diff --git a/samples/observability-traces.js b/samples/observability-traces.js
index 5329b6693..058e8ec1f 100644
--- a/samples/observability-traces.js
+++ b/samples/observability-traces.js
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ function exportSpans(instanceId, databaseId, projectId) {
     })
   );
 
-  const {ZipkinExporter} = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-zipkin');
   const options = {serviceName: 'nodejs-spanner'};
-  const exporter = new ZipkinExporter(options);
+  const {
+    TraceExporter,
+  } = require('@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter');
+  const exporter = new TraceExporter({});
 
   const sdk = new NodeSDK({
     resource: resource,
@@ -55,11 +57,10 @@ function exportSpans(instanceId, databaseId, projectId) {
   });
   sdk.start();
 
-  const {OTTracePropagator} = require('@opentelemetry/propagator-ot-trace');
   const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({resource: resource});
   provider.addSpanProcessor(new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter));
   provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
-  provider.register({propagator: new OTTracePropagator()});
+  provider.register();
 
   // OpenTelemetry MUST be imported much earlier than the cloud-spanner package.
   const tracer = trace.getTracer('nodejs-spanner');
@@ -120,7 +121,6 @@ function exportSpans(instanceId, databaseId, projectId) {
             span.end();
             spanner.close();
             setTimeout(() => {
-              exporter.forceFlush();
               console.log('finished delete and creation of the database');
             }, 8000);
           });
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index 4cd8ea809..cc6dd3dcf 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/kms": "^4.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter": "^2.2.0",
+    "@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter": "^2.3.0",
     "@google-cloud/precise-date": "^4.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.9.1",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.0",
diff --git a/src/session.ts b/src/session.ts
index d8877121f..9d39386b9 100644
--- a/src/session.ts
+++ b/src/session.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export class Session extends common.GrpcServiceObject {
         optionsOrCallback: CreateSessionOptions | CreateSessionCallback,
         callback: CreateSessionCallback
       ) => {
-        const span = startTrace('cloud.google.com/nodejs/Session.create');
+        const span = startTrace('Session.create');
         const options =
           typeof optionsOrCallback === 'object' ? optionsOrCallback : {};
         callback =
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export class Session extends common.GrpcServiceObject {
     optionsOrCallback?: CallOptions | GetSessionMetadataCallback,
     cb?: GetSessionMetadataCallback
   ): void | Promise<GetSessionMetadataResponse> {
-    const span = startTrace('cloud.google.com/nodejs/Session.getMetadata');
+    const span = startTrace('Session.getMetadata');
     const gaxOpts =
       typeof optionsOrCallback === 'object' ? optionsOrCallback : {};
     const callback =
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ export class Session extends common.GrpcServiceObject {
     optionsOrCallback?: CallOptions | KeepAliveCallback,
     cb?: KeepAliveCallback
   ): void | Promise<KeepAliveResponse> {
-    const span = startTrace('cloud.google.com/nodejs/Session.keepAlive');
+    const span = startTrace('Session.keepAlive');
     const gaxOpts =
       typeof optionsOrCallback === 'object' ? optionsOrCallback : {};
     const callback =
diff --git a/src/v1/instrument.ts b/src/v1/instrument.ts
index 27bcec6fa..2a535d3c7 100644
--- a/src/v1/instrument.ts
+++ b/src/v1/instrument.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ registerInstrumentations({
   instrumentations: [new GrpcInstrumentation(), new HttpInstrumentation()],
 });
 
-var optedInPII = process.env.SPANNER_NODEJS_ANNOTATE_PII_SQL === '1';
+const optedInPII = process.env.SPANNER_NODEJS_ANNOTATE_PII_SQL === '1';
 
 interface SQLStatement {
   sql: string;
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ interface SQLStatement {
 // scope change in which trying to use tracer.startActiveSpan
 // would change the meaning of this, and also introduction of callbacks
 // would radically change all the code structures making it more invasive.
-export function startTrace(spanNameSuffix: string, sql?: string | SQLStatement): Span {
+export function startTrace(
+  spanNameSuffix: string,
+  sql?: string | SQLStatement
+): Span {
   const span = tracer.startSpan(
     'cloud.google.com/nodejs/spanner/' + spanNameSuffix
   );
@@ -105,10 +108,7 @@ function callbackify(originalMethod: typeof CallbackMethod) {
 
     const cb = Array.prototype.pop.call(arguments);
 
-    console.log('cb.name', cb.name);
-    const span = startTrace(
-      'cloud.google.com/nodejs/Spanner.' + cb.name + '.callbackify'
-    );
+    const span = startTrace('Spanner.' + cb.name);
     originalMethod.apply(this, arguments).then(
       // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
       (res: any) => {
@@ -186,9 +186,8 @@ export function promisify(
   const slice = Array.prototype.slice;
 
   const wrapper: any = function (this: typeof WithPromise) {
-    const span = startTrace(
-      'cloud.google.com/nodejs/Spanner.' + originalMethod.name + '.promisify'
-    );
+    const span = startTrace('Spanner.' + originalMethod.name);
+
     // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
     let last;