diff --git a/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/propagation/Propagators.java b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/propagation/Propagators.java
index b1826416742..96ac069692a 100644
--- a/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/propagation/Propagators.java
+++ b/components/context/src/main/java/datadog/context/propagation/Propagators.java
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.synchronizedMap;
 import static java.util.Comparator.comparingInt;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public final class Propagators {
-  private static final Map<Concern, Propagator> PROPAGATORS = synchronizedMap(new HashMap<>());
+  private static final Map<Concern, Propagator> PROPAGATORS =
+      synchronizedMap(new IdentityHashMap<>());
   private static volatile Propagator defaultPropagator = null;
   private static volatile boolean defaultPropagatorSet = false;