diff --git a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/client.xml b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/client.xml
index bd65cb43f8e9..48940b75d5be 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/client.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/client.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
               <exclude>org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j</exclude>
               <exclude>org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j</exclude>
               <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+              <exclude>io.opentelemetry.javaagent:*</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </dependencySet>
         </dependencySets>
@@ -153,6 +154,13 @@
         <include>org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j</include>
         <include>org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j</include>
         <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</include>
+        <include>io.opentelemetry:*</include>
+      </includes>
+    </dependencySet>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>lib/trace</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>io.opentelemetry.javaagent:*</include>
       </includes>
     </dependencySet>
   </dependencySets>
diff --git a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml
index 9780444deca8..6c670a77f7e0 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
         <include>org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j</include>
         <include>org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j</include>
         <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</include>
+        <include>io.opentelemetry:*</include>
       </includes>
     </dependencySet>
     <dependencySet>
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableMapReduceUtil.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableMapReduceUtil.java
index 7910a5f3fac0..d8bffb31ec5e 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableMapReduceUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/TableMapReduceUtil.java
@@ -832,7 +832,9 @@ public static void addHBaseDependencyJars(Configuration conf) throws IOException
       org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.class,                          // zookeeper
       com.google.protobuf.Message.class,                             // protobuf
       com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry.class,                     // metrics-core
-      org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils.class);                    // commons-lang
+      org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils.class,                     // commons-lang
+      io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span.class,                         // opentelemetry-api
+      io.opentelemetry.semconv.trace.attributes.SemanticAttributes.class); // opentelemetry-semconv
   }
 
   /**