diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 844d46238..36fc50561 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ServiceFabric.Services" Version="3.3.617" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" Version="1.15.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="1.2.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="6.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
diff --git a/samples/DistributedTraceSample/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetrySample.csproj b/samples/DistributedTraceSample/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetrySample.csproj
index 3f6ac2af1..5a7d3e2f2 100644
--- a/samples/DistributedTraceSample/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetrySample.csproj
+++ b/samples/DistributedTraceSample/OpenTelemetry/OpenTelemetrySample.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Api" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter" />