diff --git a/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClient.java b/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClient.java
index 44ff6c8616..4431c5ebd0 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClient.java
+++ b/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClient.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.StatusCanonicalCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.TracingContextUtils;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
diff --git a/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClientStream.java b/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClientStream.java
index 3cc8336ec1..4b8ac43d56 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClientStream.java
+++ b/examples/grpc/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/HelloWorldClientStream.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.StatusCanonicalCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.TracingContextUtils;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
diff --git a/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpClient.java b/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpClient.java
index eec2642166..c9dc095d02 100644
--- a/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpClient.java
+++ b/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpClient.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.StatusCanonicalCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.TracingContextUtils;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
diff --git a/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpServer.java b/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpServer.java
index f53f452994..a979227a6a 100644
--- a/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpServer.java
+++ b/examples/http/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/http/HttpServer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.TracerSdkManagement;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.TracingContextUtils;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
diff --git a/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/DoubleCounterExample.java b/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/DoubleCounterExample.java
index 30555c2c0d..67b5f8480c 100644
--- a/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/DoubleCounterExample.java
+++ b/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/DoubleCounterExample.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span.Kind;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.StatusCanonicalCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.TracingContextUtils;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
diff --git a/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/LongCounterExample.java b/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/LongCounterExample.java
index f2a056187c..a5777cbb91 100644
--- a/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/LongCounterExample.java
+++ b/examples/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/metrics/LongCounterExample.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span.Kind;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.StatusCanonicalCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.TracingContextUtils;
 import java.io.File;
 import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;
 
diff --git a/examples/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/OtlpExporterExample.java b/examples/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/OtlpExporterExample.java
index bafe0eed7e..a285c2c5a3 100644
--- a/examples/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/OtlpExporterExample.java
+++ b/examples/otlp/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/example/OtlpExporterExample.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.IntervalMetricReader;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.TracingContextUtils;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 /**