diff --git a/doc/source/ray-observability/user-guides/ray-tracing.rst b/doc/source/ray-observability/user-guides/ray-tracing.rst
index de21c2da425a..25193125482d 100644
--- a/doc/source/ray-observability/user-guides/ray-tracing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/ray-observability/user-guides/ray-tracing.rst
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ First, install OpenTelemetry:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-    pip install opentelemetry-api==1.1.0
-    pip install opentelemetry-sdk==1.1.0
-    pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.1.0
+    pip install opentelemetry-api==1.34.1
+    pip install opentelemetry-sdk==1.34.1
+    pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.34.1
 
 Tracing startup hook
 --------------------
diff --git a/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py b/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py
index 080acbe31aba..e0231da69296 100644
--- a/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py
+++ b/python/ray/util/tracing/tracing_helper.py
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ def _try_import(self, module):
         try:
             return importlib.import_module(module)
         except ImportError:
-            if os.getenv("RAY_TRACING_ENABLED", "False").lower() in ["true", "1"]:
+            if _is_tracing_enabled():
                 raise ImportError(
-                    "Install opentelemetry with "
-                    "'pip install opentelemetry-api==1.0.0rc1' "
-                    "and 'pip install opentelemetry-sdk==1.0.0rc1' to enable "
-                    "tracing. See more at docs.ray.io/tracing.html"
+                    "Install OpenTelemetry with "
+                    "'pip install opentelemetry-api==1.34.1 opentelemetry-sdk==1.34.1 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.34.1' "
+                    "to enable tracing. See the Ray documentation for details: "
+                    "https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/ray-observability/user-guides/ray-tracing.html#installation"
                 )