diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 1732769b8..463b36b84 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
     <spotbugs.fail>false</spotbugs.fail>
-    <opentelemetry.version>0.14.0</opentelemetry.version>
+    <opentelemetry.version>1.14.0</opentelemetry.version>
     <opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.version>
     <zipkin.version>2.16.3</zipkin.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryConfig.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryConfig.java
index 84909e291..a9cd028b3 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryConfig.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryConfig.java
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.propagation.W3CTraceContextPropagator;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
-import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapPropagator;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapSetter;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.zipkin.ZipkinSpanExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -59,18 +60,23 @@ public class OpenTelemetryConfig {
    * Creates an opentelemetry instance.
    * @return OpenTelemetry.
    */
-  public static OpenTelemetry createOpenTelemetry() {
+  public static OpenTelemetrySdk createOpenTelemetry() {
     // Only exports to Zipkin if it is up. Otherwise, ignore it.
     // This is helpful to avoid exceptions for examples that do not require Zipkin.
     if (isZipkinUp()) {
+      Resource serviceResource = Resource.getDefault()
+          .toBuilder()
+          .put("service.name", InvokeClient.class.getName()) // Use ResourceAttributes constant
+          .build();
       String httpUrl = String.format("http://localhost:%d", ZIPKIN_PORT);
+
       ZipkinSpanExporter zipkinExporter =
           ZipkinSpanExporter.builder()
               .setEndpoint(httpUrl + ENDPOINT_V2_SPANS)
-              .setServiceName(InvokeClient.class.getName())
               .build();
 
       SdkTracerProvider sdkTracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
+          .setResource(serviceResource)
           .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(zipkinExporter))
           .build();
 
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ public class OpenTelemetryConfig {
    */
   public static reactor.util.context.Context getReactorContext(Context context) {
     Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
-    TextMapPropagator.Setter<Map<String, String>> setter =
+    TextMapSetter<Map<String, String>> setter =
         (carrier, key, value) -> map.put(key, value);
 
     GlobalOpenTelemetry.getPropagators().getTextMapPropagator().inject(context, map, setter);
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryInterceptor.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryInterceptor.java
index b2da80a40..740fee826 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryInterceptor.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/OpenTelemetryInterceptor.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package io.dapr.examples;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapGetter;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapPropagator;
 import jakarta.servlet.DispatcherType;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ public class OpenTelemetryInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
   @Autowired
   private OpenTelemetry openTelemetry;
 
-  private static final TextMapPropagator.Getter<HttpServletRequest> HTTP_SERVLET_REQUEST_GETTER =
-      new TextMapPropagator.Getter<>() {
+  private static final TextMapGetter<HttpServletRequest> HTTP_SERVLET_REQUEST_GETTER =
+      new TextMapGetter<>() {
         @Override
         public Iterable<String> keys(HttpServletRequest carrier) {
           return Collections.list(carrier.getHeaderNames());
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/BulkPublisher.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/BulkPublisher.java
index 4864a1d2a..1affcb1d4 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/BulkPublisher.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/BulkPublisher.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import io.dapr.client.domain.BulkPublishResponseFailedEntry;
 import io.dapr.examples.OpenTelemetryConfig;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
@@ -55,28 +56,34 @@ public class BulkPublisher {
    * @throws Exception any exception
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    OpenTelemetry openTelemetry = OpenTelemetryConfig.createOpenTelemetry();
-    Tracer tracer = openTelemetry.getTracer(BulkPublisher.class.getCanonicalName());
-    Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("Bulk Publisher's Main").setSpanKind(Span.Kind.CLIENT).startSpan();
+    OpenTelemetrySdk openTelemetrySdk = OpenTelemetryConfig.createOpenTelemetry();
+    Tracer tracer = openTelemetrySdk.getTracer(BulkPublisher.class.getCanonicalName());
+    Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("Bulk Publisher's Main").setSpanKind(SpanKind.CLIENT).startSpan();
+
     try (DaprPreviewClient client = (new DaprClientBuilder()).buildPreviewClient()) {
       DaprClient c = (DaprClient) client;
       c.waitForSidecar(10000);
+
       try (Scope scope = span.makeCurrent()) {
         System.out.println("Using preview client...");
         List<String> messages = new ArrayList<>();
         System.out.println("Constructing the list of messages to publish");
+
         for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MESSAGES; i++) {
           String message = String.format("This is message #%d", i);
           messages.add(message);
           System.out.println("Going to publish message : " + message);
         }
+
         BulkPublishResponse<?> res = client.publishEvents(PUBSUB_NAME, TOPIC_NAME, "text/plain", messages)
             .contextWrite(getReactorContext()).block();
         System.out.println("Published the set of messages in a single call to Dapr");
+
         if (res != null) {
           if (res.getFailedEntries().size() > 0) {
             // Ideally this condition will not happen in examples
             System.out.println("Some events failed to be published");
+
             for (BulkPublishResponseFailedEntry<?> entry : res.getFailedEntries()) {
               System.out.println("EntryId : " + entry.getEntry().getEntryId()
                   + " Error message : " + entry.getErrorMessage());
@@ -92,10 +99,9 @@ public class BulkPublisher {
       // Allow plenty of time for Dapr to export all relevant spans to the tracing infra.
       Thread.sleep(10000);
       // Shutdown the OpenTelemetry tracer.
-      OpenTelemetrySdk.getGlobalTracerManagement().shutdown();
+      openTelemetrySdk.getSdkTracerProvider().shutdown();
 
       System.out.println("Done");
     }
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/PublisherWithTracing.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/PublisherWithTracing.java
index fd79b076b..e5a15b27e 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/PublisherWithTracing.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/pubsub/PublisherWithTracing.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import io.dapr.client.DaprClientBuilder;
 import io.dapr.examples.OpenTelemetryConfig;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ public class PublisherWithTracing {
    * @throws Exception A startup Exception.
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    OpenTelemetry openTelemetry = OpenTelemetryConfig.createOpenTelemetry();
-    Tracer tracer = openTelemetry.getTracer(PublisherWithTracing.class.getCanonicalName());
-    Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("Publisher's Main").setSpanKind(Span.Kind.CLIENT).startSpan();
+    OpenTelemetrySdk openTelemetrySdk = OpenTelemetryConfig.createOpenTelemetry();
+    Tracer tracer = openTelemetrySdk.getTracer(PublisherWithTracing.class.getCanonicalName());
+    Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("Publisher's Main").setSpanKind(SpanKind.CLIENT).startSpan();
 
     try (DaprClient client = new DaprClientBuilder().build()) {
       try (Scope scope = span.makeCurrent()) {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public class PublisherWithTracing {
       span.end();
 
       // Shutdown the OpenTelemetry tracer.
-      OpenTelemetrySdk.getGlobalTracerManagement().shutdown();
+      openTelemetrySdk.getSdkTracerProvider().shutdown();
 
       // This is an example, so for simplicity we are just exiting here.
       // Normally a dapr app would be a web service and not exit main.
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/tracing/InvokeClient.java b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/tracing/InvokeClient.java
index 3ddfa1d38..510a71030 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/tracing/InvokeClient.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/tracing/InvokeClient.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import io.dapr.examples.OpenTelemetryConfig;
 import io.dapr.utils.TypeRef;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
@@ -48,10 +49,10 @@ public class InvokeClient {
    * @param args Messages to be sent as request for the invoke API.
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    final OpenTelemetry openTelemetry = OpenTelemetryConfig.createOpenTelemetry();
-    final Tracer tracer = openTelemetry.getTracer(InvokeClient.class.getCanonicalName());
+    final OpenTelemetrySdk openTelemetrySdk = OpenTelemetryConfig.createOpenTelemetry();
+    final Tracer tracer = openTelemetrySdk.getTracer(InvokeClient.class.getCanonicalName());
 
-    Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("Example's Main").setSpanKind(Span.Kind.CLIENT).startSpan();
+    Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("Example's Main").setSpanKind(SpanKind.CLIENT).startSpan();
     try (DaprClient client = (new DaprClientBuilder()).build()) {
       for (String message : args) {
         try (Scope scope = span.makeCurrent()) {
@@ -72,12 +73,13 @@ public class InvokeClient {
       }
     }
     span.end();
-    shutdown();
+    shutdown(openTelemetrySdk);
     System.out.println("Done");
   }
 
-  private static void shutdown() throws Exception {
-    OpenTelemetrySdk.getGlobalTracerManagement().shutdown();
+  private static void shutdown(OpenTelemetrySdk openTelemetrySdk) throws Exception {
+    openTelemetrySdk.getSdkTracerProvider().shutdown();
+
     Validation.validate();
   }