diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index 1781eb99f3..54895eba83 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ default = ["tracing-log"]
 
 [dependencies]
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.17", default-features = false, features = ["trace"] }
-tracing = { path = "../tracing", version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-tracing-core = { path = "../tracing-core", version = "0.1" }
-tracing-subscriber = { path = "../tracing-subscriber", version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["registry", "std"] }
-tracing-log = { path = "../tracing-log", version = "0.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
+tracing = { version = "0.1.36", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+tracing-core = { version = "0.1.28" }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.14", default-features = false, features = ["registry", "std"] }
+tracing-log = { version = "0.1.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
 once_cell = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/src/layer.rs b/tracing-opentelemetry/src/layer.rs
index 533fe19406..ec5ecc7339 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/src/layer.rs
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/src/layer.rs
@@ -916,10 +916,12 @@ where
                 }
             }
 
-            // Assign end time, build and start span, drop span to export
-            builder
-                .with_end_time(SystemTime::now())
-                .start_with_context(&self.tracer, &parent_cx);
+            if builder.end_time.is_none() {
+                // Assign end time
+                builder = builder.with_end_time(SystemTime::now());
+            }
+            // Build and start span, drop span to export
+            builder.start_with_context(&self.tracer, &parent_cx);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/src/span_ext.rs b/tracing-opentelemetry/src/span_ext.rs
index ade736815a..2784a774b9 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/src/span_ext.rs
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/src/span_ext.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ pub trait OpenTelemetrySpanExt {
     /// make_request(Span::current().context())
     /// ```
     fn context(&self) -> Context;
+
+    fn set_start_time(&self, start_time: std::time::SystemTime);
+    fn set_end_time(&self, end_time: std::time::SystemTime);
 }
 
 impl OpenTelemetrySpanExt for tracing::Span {
@@ -167,4 +170,24 @@ impl OpenTelemetrySpanExt for tracing::Span {
 
         cx.unwrap_or_default()
     }
+
+    fn set_start_time(&self, start_time: std::time::SystemTime) {
+        self.with_subscriber(|(id, subscriber)| {
+            if let Some(get_context) = subscriber.downcast_ref::<WithContext>() {
+                get_context.with_context(subscriber, id, |otel_data, _tracer| {
+                    otel_data.builder.start_time = Some(start_time);
+                })
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn set_end_time(&self, end_time: std::time::SystemTime) {
+        self.with_subscriber(|(id, subscriber)| {
+            if let Some(get_context) = subscriber.downcast_ref::<WithContext>() {
+                get_context.with_context(subscriber, id, |otel_data, _tracer| {
+                    otel_data.builder.end_time = Some(end_time);
+                })
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }