diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go
index 0f9b24242a0..53814f3eb98 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package otelmux // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.co
 import (
 	"net/http"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	oteltrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 // config is used to configure the mux middleware.
 type config struct {
 	TracerProvider    oteltrace.TracerProvider
+	meterProvider     metric.MeterProvider
 	Propagators       propagation.TextMapPropagator
 	spanNameFormatter func(string, *http.Request) string
 	PublicEndpoint    bool
@@ -97,3 +100,13 @@ func WithFilter(f Filter) Option {
 		c.Filters = append(c.Filters, f)
 	})
 }
+
+// WithMeterProvider specifies a meter provider to use for creating a meter.
+// If none is specified, the global provider is used.
+func WithMeterProvider(provider metric.MeterProvider) Option {
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *config) {
+		if provider != nil {
+			cfg.meterProvider = provider
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.mod
index adc81dfb759..63fbde6a961 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.sum
index e160ea2ce32..d26a3605a8f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/example/go.sum
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 h1:CV7UdSGJt/Ao6Gp4CXckLxVRRsRgDHoI8XjbL3PDl8s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0/go.mod h1:FRmFuRJfag1IZ2dPkHnEoSFVgTVPUd2qf5Vi69hLb8I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.34.0 h1:jBpDk4HAUsrnVO1FsfCfCOTEc/MkInJmvfCHYLFiT80=
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod
index bd30f1a7de0..c1ecd75fc0e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.mod
@@ -3,19 +3,20 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmu
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.34.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.sum
index 15010c081b9..5f32cdd19a3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/go.sum
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 h1:CV7UdSGJt/Ao6Gp4CXckLxVRRsRgDHoI8XjbL3PDl8s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0/go.mod h1:FRmFuRJfag1IZ2dPkHnEoSFVgTVPUd2qf5Vi69hLb8I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/mux.go b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/mux.go
index c7b2355eca8..1e786f5cab2 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/mux.go
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/mux.go
@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@
 package otelmux // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux"
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/felixge/httpsnoop"
-	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/internal/semconvutil"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.20.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ func Middleware(service string, opts ...Option) mux.MiddlewareFunc {
 	if cfg.TracerProvider == nil {
 		cfg.TracerProvider = otel.GetTracerProvider()
 	}
-	tracer := cfg.TracerProvider.Tracer(
+	// TODO: check if this is necessary
+	_ = cfg.TracerProvider.Tracer(
 		ScopeName,
 		trace.WithInstrumentationVersion(Version()),
 	)
@@ -44,92 +47,40 @@ func Middleware(service string, opts ...Option) mux.MiddlewareFunc {
 	if cfg.spanNameFormatter == nil {
 		cfg.spanNameFormatter = defaultSpanNameFunc
 	}
+	if cfg.meterProvider == nil {
+		cfg.meterProvider = otel.GetMeterProvider()
+	}
 
 	return func(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
-		return traceware{
+		return middleware{
 			service:           service,
-			tracer:            tracer,
-			propagators:       cfg.Propagators,
 			handler:           handler,
 			spanNameFormatter: cfg.spanNameFormatter,
-			publicEndpoint:    cfg.PublicEndpoint,
+			tracerProvider:    cfg.TracerProvider,
+			meterProvider:     cfg.meterProvider,
+			propagators:       cfg.Propagators,
 			publicEndpointFn:  cfg.PublicEndpointFn,
+			publicEndpoint:    cfg.PublicEndpoint,
 			filters:           cfg.Filters,
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-type traceware struct {
-	service           string
-	tracer            trace.Tracer
-	propagators       propagation.TextMapPropagator
+type middleware struct {
 	handler           http.Handler
+	service           string
 	spanNameFormatter func(string, *http.Request) string
-	publicEndpoint    bool
+	tracerProvider    trace.TracerProvider
+	propagators       propagation.TextMapPropagator
 	publicEndpointFn  func(*http.Request) bool
+	publicEndpoint    bool
 	filters           []Filter
+	meterProvider     metric.MeterProvider
 }
 
-type recordingResponseWriter struct {
-	writer  http.ResponseWriter
-	written bool
-	status  int
-}
-
-var rrwPool = &sync.Pool{
-	New: func() interface{} {
-		return &recordingResponseWriter{}
-	},
-}
-
-func getRRW(writer http.ResponseWriter) *recordingResponseWriter {
-	rrw := rrwPool.Get().(*recordingResponseWriter)
-	rrw.written = false
-	rrw.status = http.StatusOK
-	rrw.writer = httpsnoop.Wrap(writer, httpsnoop.Hooks{
-		Write: func(next httpsnoop.WriteFunc) httpsnoop.WriteFunc {
-			return func(b []byte) (int, error) {
-				if !rrw.written {
-					rrw.written = true
-				}
-				return next(b)
-			}
-		},
-		WriteHeader: func(next httpsnoop.WriteHeaderFunc) httpsnoop.WriteHeaderFunc {
-			return func(statusCode int) {
-				if !rrw.written {
-					rrw.written = true
-					rrw.status = statusCode
-				}
-				next(statusCode)
-			}
-		},
-	})
-	return rrw
-}
-
-func putRRW(rrw *recordingResponseWriter) {
-	rrw.writer = nil
-	rrwPool.Put(rrw)
-}
-
-// defaultSpanNameFunc just reuses the route name as the span name.
-func defaultSpanNameFunc(routeName string, _ *http.Request) string { return routeName }
-
-// ServeHTTP implements the http.Handler interface. It does the actual
-// tracing of the request.
-func (tw traceware) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	for _, f := range tw.filters {
-		if !f(r) {
-			// Simply pass through to the handler if a filter rejects the request
-			tw.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	ctx := tw.propagators.Extract(r.Context(), propagation.HeaderCarrier(r.Header))
+func (m middleware) ServeHTTP(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	routeStr := ""
-	route := mux.CurrentRoute(r)
+	route := mux.CurrentRoute(request)
 	if route != nil {
 		var err error
 		routeStr, err = route.GetPathTemplate()
@@ -141,34 +92,45 @@ func (tw traceware) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	opts := []trace.SpanStartOption{
-		trace.WithAttributes(semconvutil.HTTPServerRequest(tw.service, r)...),
-		trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindServer),
+	otelOpts := []otelhttp.Option{
+		otelhttp.WithTracerProvider(m.tracerProvider),
+		otelhttp.WithMeterProvider(m.meterProvider),
+		otelhttp.WithPropagators(m.propagators),
+		otelhttp.WithPublicEndpointFn(m.publicEndpointFn),
+		otelhttp.WithSpanNameFormatter(func(op string, r *http.Request) string {
+			return m.spanNameFormatter(routeStr, r)
+		}),
 	}
 
-	if tw.publicEndpoint || (tw.publicEndpointFn != nil && tw.publicEndpointFn(r.WithContext(ctx))) {
-		opts = append(opts, trace.WithNewRoot())
-		// Linking incoming span context if any for public endpoint.
-		if s := trace.SpanContextFromContext(ctx); s.IsValid() && s.IsRemote() {
-			opts = append(opts, trace.WithLinks(trace.Link{SpanContext: s}))
-		}
+	if m.publicEndpoint {
+		otelOpts = append(otelOpts, otelhttp.WithPublicEndpoint())
 	}
 
-	if routeStr == "" {
-		routeStr = fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %s route not found", r.Method)
-	} else {
-		rAttr := semconv.HTTPRoute(routeStr)
-		opts = append(opts, trace.WithAttributes(rAttr))
+	for _, f := range m.filters {
+		otelOpts = append(otelOpts, otelhttp.WithFilter(otelhttp.Filter(f)))
+	}
+	traceOpts := []trace.SpanStartOption{
+		trace.WithAttributes(semconvutil.HTTPServerRequest(m.service, request)...),
+		trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindServer),
 	}
-	spanName := tw.spanNameFormatter(routeStr, r)
-	ctx, span := tw.tracer.Start(ctx, spanName, opts...)
-	defer span.End()
-	r2 := r.WithContext(ctx)
-	rrw := getRRW(w)
-	defer putRRW(rrw)
-	tw.handler.ServeHTTP(rrw.writer, r2)
-	if rrw.status > 0 {
-		span.SetAttributes(semconv.HTTPStatusCode(rrw.status))
+
+	if routeStr != "" {
+		rAttr := semconv.HTTPRoute(routeStr)
+		traceOpts = append(traceOpts, trace.WithAttributes(rAttr))
 	}
-	span.SetStatus(semconvutil.HTTPServerStatus(rrw.status))
+	otelOpts = append(otelOpts, otelhttp.WithSpanOptions(traceOpts...))
+
+	h := otelhttp.NewHandler(
+		m.handler,
+		m.service,
+		otelOpts...,
+	)
+	h.ServeHTTP(writer, request)
+}
+
+var _ http.Handler = middleware{}
+
+// defaultSpanNameFunc just reuses the route name as the span name.
+func defaultSpanNameFunc(routeName string, r *http.Request) string {
+	return routeName
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.mod b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.mod
index b7ba984be47..141a2cd4a9b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.sum b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.sum
index 8d9ce78bc23..baea1350d55 100644
--- a/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/github.com/gorilla/mux/otelmux/test/go.sum
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0 h1:CV7UdSGJt/Ao6Gp4CXckLxVRRsRgDHoI8XjbL3PDl8s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.59.0/go.mod h1:FRmFuRJfag1IZ2dPkHnEoSFVgTVPUd2qf5Vi69hLb8I=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0 h1:zRLXxLCgL1WyKsPVrgbSdMN4c0FMkDAskSTQP+0hdUY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0/go.mod h1:OWFPOQ+h4G8xpyjgqo4SxJYdDQ/qmRH+wivy7zzx9oI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.34.0 h1:+eTR3U0MyfWjRDhmFMxe2SsW64QrZ84AOhvqS7Y+PoQ=