diff --git a/instrumentation/jdbc/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jdbc/OpenTelemetryDriver.java b/instrumentation/jdbc/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jdbc/OpenTelemetryDriver.java
index d13b1a6509..b874a5cece 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jdbc/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jdbc/OpenTelemetryDriver.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jdbc/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jdbc/OpenTelemetryDriver.java
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.DriverPropertyInfo;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.SQLFeatureNotSupportedException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public final class OpenTelemetryDriver implements Driver {
 
   private static final String URL_PREFIX = "jdbc:otel:";
   private static final AtomicBoolean REGISTERED = new AtomicBoolean();
-  private static final Collection<Driver> DRIVER_CANDIDATES = new ArrayList<>();
+  private static final List<Driver> DRIVER_CANDIDATES = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
 
   static {
     try {