diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
index d0a7015dcc7..0773581fc25 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ type tracerProvider struct {
 	username string
 	password string
 	logger   *zap.SugaredLogger
+	// (#7464)noop.TracerProvider is added to implement embedded.TracerProvider
+	// for bumping to go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/v1.21.0.TracerProvider
+	noop.TracerProvider
 }
 
 func init() {