diff --git a/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/remote/AssociationImpl.java b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/remote/AssociationImpl.java
index 8f3b95932d53..5ee8210c351c 100644
--- a/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/remote/AssociationImpl.java
+++ b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/remote/AssociationImpl.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.EjbDeploymentInformation;
 import org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.ModuleDeployment;
 import org.jboss.as.ejb3.logging.EjbLogger;
+import org.jboss.as.ejb3.remote.tracing.TracingHelper;
 import org.jboss.as.network.ClientMapping;
 import org.jboss.as.security.remoting.RemoteConnection;
 import org.jboss.ejb.client.Affinity;
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@
 import io.opentracing.Span;
 import io.opentracing.SpanContext;
 import io.opentracing.propagation.Format;
-import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMapAdapter;
 import io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer;
 
 /**
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public SecurityIdentity getSecurityIdentity() {
             }
 
             Span s = wrapContextAroundNewSpan(retrieveContextFromAttachments(attachments));
-            try(Scope _s = GlobalTracer.get().activateSpan(s)) {
+            try(Scope _s = TracingHelper.activateSpan(s)) {
                 final Map<String, Object> contextDataHolder = new HashMap<>();
                 result = invokeMethod(componentView, invokedMethod, invocationRequest, requestContent, cancellationFlag, contextDataHolder);
                 attachments.putAll(contextDataHolder);
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ private SpanContext retrieveContextFromAttachments(Map<String, Object> attachmen
                 stringAttachments.put(e.getKey(), (String) e.getValue());
             }
         }
-        return GlobalTracer.get().extract(Format.Builtin.TEXT_MAP, new TextMapAdapter(stringAttachments));
+        return GlobalTracer.get().extract(Format.Builtin.TEXT_MAP, TracingHelper.textMapAdaptor(stringAttachments));
     }
 
     private void updateAffinities(InvocationRequest invocationRequest, Map<String, Object> attachments, EJBLocator<?> ejbLocator, ComponentView componentView) {
diff --git a/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/remote/tracing/TracingHelper.java b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/remote/tracing/TracingHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1628bd7fd3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/remote/tracing/TracingHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.jboss.as.ejb3.remote.tracing;
+
+import io.opentracing.Scope;
+import io.opentracing.ScopeManager;
+import io.opentracing.Span;
+import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMap;
+import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMapExtractAdapter;
+import io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class TracingHelper {
+
+    private static boolean usesDeprecatedApi = false;
+    private static Constructor<?> textMapAdapterCtor;
+    private static Method scopeManagerActivateMethod;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            for(Method m : ScopeManager.class.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+                if(m.getName().equals("activate")) {
+                    scopeManagerActivateMethod = m;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if(scopeManagerActivateMethod == null) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find ScopeManager#activate method.");
+            }
+            if(scopeManagerActivateMethod.getParameterCount() == 2) {
+                usesDeprecatedApi = true;
+            }
+            if(!usesDeprecatedApi) {
+                textMapAdapterCtor = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader()
+                        .loadClass("io.opentracing.propagation.TextMapAdapter")
+                        .getConstructors()[0];
+            } else {
+                textMapAdapterCtor = TextMapExtractAdapter.class.getConstructors()[0];
+            }
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("WildFly does not use deprecated OpenTracing API but the class " +
+                    "io.opentracing.propagation.TextMapAdapter was not found on the classpath.", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static Scope activateSpan(Span s) {
+        try {
+            if(usesDeprecatedApi) {
+                return (Scope) scopeManagerActivateMethod.invoke(GlobalTracer.get().scopeManager(), s, false);
+            }
+            return (Scope) scopeManagerActivateMethod.invoke(GlobalTracer.get().scopeManager(), s);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static TextMap textMapAdaptor(Map<String, String> stringAttachments) {
+        try {
+            return (TextMap) textMapAdapterCtor.newInstance(stringAttachments);
+        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/feature-pack/src/main/resources/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/jts/main/module.xml b/feature-pack/src/main/resources/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/jts/main/module.xml
index ed82f7ac33a8..9de6f6558b81 100644
--- a/feature-pack/src/main/resources/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/jts/main/module.xml
+++ b/feature-pack/src/main/resources/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/jts/main/module.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <module name="org.wildfly.reactive.dep.jts" services="import" optional="true"/>
 
         <!-- For OpenTracing -->
-        <!--<module name="io.narayana.tracing" optional="true"/>-->
+        <module name="io.narayana.tracing" optional="true"/>
         <module name="io.opentracing.opentracing-api" optional="true"/>
         <module name="io.opentracing.opentracing-util" optional="true"/>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aadd90807767..42e152a1d78a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
         <version.io.agroal>1.3</version.io.agroal>
         <version.io.jaegertracing>0.34.3</version.io.jaegertracing>
         <version.io.netty>4.1.48.Final</version.io.netty>
-        <version.io.opentracing>0.32.0</version.io.opentracing> <!-- 0.32 is needed as integrated to REST Easy where Tracer.buildSpan(...).startActive() is used, while 0.33.0 removed it -->
+        <version.io.opentracing>0.31.0</version.io.opentracing>
         <version.io.opentracing.concurrent>0.2.1</version.io.opentracing.concurrent>
         <version.io.opentracing.interceptors>0.0.4</version.io.opentracing.interceptors>
         <version.io.opentracing.jaxrs2>0.4.1</version.io.opentracing.jaxrs2>
diff --git a/testsuite/integration/basic/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/opentracing/SimpleRestClientTestCase.java b/testsuite/integration/basic/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/opentracing/SimpleRestClientTestCase.java
index 73e7e532342e..fae80916f3f6 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration/basic/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/opentracing/SimpleRestClientTestCase.java
+++ b/testsuite/integration/basic/src/test/java/org/wildfly/test/integration/microprofile/opentracing/SimpleRestClientTestCase.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static org.jboss.as.test.shared.integration.ejb.security.PermissionUtils.createPermissionsXmlAsset;
 
 import io.opentracing.Scope;
+import io.opentracing.Span;
 import io.opentracing.Tracer;
 import io.opentracing.contrib.tracerresolver.TracerFactory;
 import io.opentracing.mock.MockSpan;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.wildfly.test.integration.microprofile.opentracing.application.OpenTracingApplication;
 import org.wildfly.test.integration.microprofile.opentracing.application.TracedEndpoint;
 import org.jboss.as.test.shared.TestSuiteEnvironment;
+import org.jboss.as.ejb3.remote.tracing.TracingHelper;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.Archive;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.ShrinkWrap;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.EmptyAsset;
@@ -75,7 +77,8 @@ public void clientRequestSpanJoinsServer() {
 
         // test
         // the first span
-        try (Scope ignored = tracer.buildSpan("existing-span").startActive(true)) {
+        Span s = tracer.buildSpan("existing-span").start();
+        try (Scope ignored = TracingHelper.activateSpan(s)) {
 
             // the second span is the client request, as a child of `existing-span`
             Client restClient = ClientTracingRegistrar.configure(ClientBuilder.newBuilder()).build();
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ public void clientRequestSpanJoinsServer() {
                 // just a sanity check
                 Assert.assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
             }
+        } finally {
+            s.finish();
         }
 
         // verify