diff --git a/otel-plugin/pom.xml b/otel-plugin/pom.xml
index c4efa0f3d..02391a2ff 100644
--- a/otel-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/otel-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <description>OpenTelemetry instrumentation plugin for AWS Lambda Durable Execution SDK</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <opentelemetry.version>1.66.0</opentelemetry.version>
+        <opentelemetry.version>1.67.0</opentelemetry.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/DeterministicIdGeneratorTest.java b/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/DeterministicIdGeneratorTest.java
index 5bb382093..a5db39b32 100644
--- a/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/DeterministicIdGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/DeterministicIdGeneratorTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.IdGenerator;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.LinkData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SpanExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.Sampler;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.SamplingResult;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -54,8 +56,10 @@ void generateTraceId_withoutArn_returnsRandom() {
     @Test
     void scopedIds_delegateOutsideScope() {
         var providerGenerator = new DeterministicIdGenerator();
-        try (var provider =
-                SdkTracerProvider.builder().setIdGenerator(providerGenerator).build()) {
+        try (var provider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
+                .setIdGenerator(providerGenerator)
+                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter.noop()))
+                .build()) {
             var pluginTracer = provider.get("durable-plugin");
             var unrelatedTracer = provider.get("unrelated-library");
 
@@ -85,8 +89,10 @@ void scopedIds_delegateOutsideScope() {
     @Test
     void scopedIds_bridgeAcrossGeneratorInstances() {
         var agentGenerator = new DeterministicIdGenerator();
-        try (var provider =
-                SdkTracerProvider.builder().setIdGenerator(agentGenerator).build()) {
+        try (var provider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
+                .setIdGenerator(agentGenerator)
+                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter.noop()))
+                .build()) {
             var workflowTraceId = generator.generateTraceIdForExecution("arn:exec1", EXECUTION_START_TIME);
             var workflowSpanId = generator.generateWorkflowSpanId("arn:exec1");
             var workflow = generator.startSpan(
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ void scopedTraceId_isConsumedBeforeSamplerStartsNestedRoot() {
         try (var provider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
                 .setIdGenerator(agentGenerator)
                 .setSampler(sampler)
+                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter.noop()))
                 .build()) {
             var tracer = provider.get("durable-plugin");
             tracerReference.set(tracer);
@@ -134,8 +141,10 @@ void scopedTraceId_isConsumedBeforeSamplerStartsNestedRoot() {
     void concurrentScopedIds_doNotOverwriteEachOther() throws Exception {
         var agentGenerator = new DeterministicIdGenerator();
         var executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
-        try (var provider =
-                SdkTracerProvider.builder().setIdGenerator(agentGenerator).build()) {
+        try (var provider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
+                .setIdGenerator(agentGenerator)
+                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter.noop()))
+                .build()) {
             var tracer = provider.get("durable-plugin");
             var barrier = new CyclicBarrier(2);
             var traceId1 = generator.generateTraceIdForExecution("arn:exec1", EXECUTION_START_TIME);
@@ -165,7 +174,9 @@ void concurrentScopedIds_doNotOverwriteEachOther() throws Exception {
     void installOn_preservesConfiguredFallbackGenerator() {
         var fallbackTraceId = "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb";
         var fallbackSpanId = "cccccccccccccccc";
-        var builder = SdkTracerProvider.builder().setIdGenerator(fixedIds(fallbackTraceId, fallbackSpanId));
+        var builder = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
+                .setIdGenerator(fixedIds(fallbackTraceId, fallbackSpanId))
+                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter.noop()));
         var installedGenerator = DeterministicIdGenerator.installOn(builder);
 
         try (var provider = builder.build()) {
diff --git a/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/ReplacementSamplerPolicyTest.java b/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/ReplacementSamplerPolicyTest.java
index b682a9ea3..03c601e09 100644
--- a/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/ReplacementSamplerPolicyTest.java
+++ b/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/ReplacementSamplerPolicyTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.LinkData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SpanExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.Sampler;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.SamplingResult;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ public String getDescription() {
         try (var provider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
                 .setSampler(topology.equals("plain") ? configured : DurableSampler.wrap(configured))
                 .setIdGenerator(new DeterministicIdGenerator())
+                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter.noop()))
                 .build()) {
             var opaque = new TracerProvider() {
                 public Tracer get(String name) {
diff --git a/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/RootStartProcessorIsolationTest.java b/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/RootStartProcessorIsolationTest.java
index df7f52dd0..04277e3ec 100644
--- a/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/RootStartProcessorIsolationTest.java
+++ b/otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/RootStartProcessorIsolationTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.LinkData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SpanExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.Sampler;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.SamplingResult;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ void durableStartCallbacksRetainTheirOwnSamplingAndRandomIds(
                 : SdkTracerProvider.builder()
                         .setSampler(DurableSampler.wrap(policy))
                         .setIdGenerator(new DeterministicIdGenerator())
+                        .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter.noop()))
                         .build()) {
             observer.tracer = unrelated.get("processor");
             var original = Context.current();