diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_opentelemetry_tracing.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_opentelemetry_tracing.py
index 8f9f8559ef..8e6cb5d5a9 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_opentelemetry_tracing.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/_opentelemetry_tracing.py
@@ -18,15 +18,39 @@
 
 from google.api_core.exceptions import GoogleAPICallError
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import SpannerClient
+from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import gapic_version as LIB_VERSION
 
 try:
     from opentelemetry import trace
     from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCode
+    from opentelemetry.semconv.attributes import (
+       OTEL_SCOPE_NAME,
+       OTEL_SCOPE_VERSION,
+    )
 
     HAS_OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALLED = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALLED = False
 
+LIB_FQNAME = 'cloud.google.com/python/spanner'
+TRACER_NAME = LIB_FQNAME
+TRACER_VERSION = LIB_VERSION
+
+
+def get_tracer(tracer_provider=None):
+    """
+    get_tracer is a utility to unify and simplify retrieval of the tracer, without
+    leaking implementation details given that retrieving a tracer requires providing
+    the full qualified library name and version.
+    When the tracer_provider is set, it'll retrieve the tracer from it, otherwise
+    it'll fall back to the global tracer provider and use this library's specific semantics.
+    """
+    if not tracer_provider:
+        # Acquire the global tracer provider.
+        tracer_provider = trace.get_tracer_provider()
+
+    return tracer_provider.get_tracer(TRACER_NAME, TRACER_VERSION)
+
 
 @contextmanager
 def trace_call(name, session, extra_attributes=None):
@@ -35,7 +59,7 @@ def trace_call(name, session, extra_attributes=None):
         yield None
         return
 
-    tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+    tracer = get_tracer()
 
     # Set base attributes that we know for every trace created
     attributes = {
@@ -43,6 +67,8 @@ def trace_call(name, session, extra_attributes=None):
         "db.url": SpannerClient.DEFAULT_ENDPOINT,
         "db.instance": session._database.name,
         "net.host.name": SpannerClient.DEFAULT_ENDPOINT,
+        OTEL_SCOPE_NAME: LIB_FQNAME,
+        OTEL_SCOPE_VERSION: LIB_VERSION,
     }
 
     if extra_attributes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 98b1a61748..9efd0f3626 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@
 ]
 extras = {
     "tracing": [
-        "opentelemetry-api >= 1.1.0",
-        "opentelemetry-sdk >= 1.1.0",
-        "opentelemetry-instrumentation >= 0.20b0, < 0.23dev",
+        "opentelemetry-api >= 1.24.0",
+        "opentelemetry-sdk >= 1.24.0",
+        "opentelemetry-instrumentation >= 0.46b0",
+        "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions >= 0.46b0",
     ],
     "libcst": "libcst >= 0.2.5",
 }
diff --git a/testing/constraints-3.7.txt b/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
index 20170203f5..ec9cd244b5 100644
--- a/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
+++ b/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ grpc-google-iam-v1==0.12.4
 libcst==0.2.5
 proto-plus==1.22.0
 sqlparse==0.4.4
-opentelemetry-api==1.1.0
-opentelemetry-sdk==1.1.0
-opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.20b0
+opentelemetry-api>=1.24.0
+opentelemetry-sdk>=1.24.0
+opentelemetry-instrumentation==0.46b0
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.46b0
 protobuf==3.20.2
 deprecated==1.2.14
 grpc-interceptor==0.15.4
diff --git a/tests/_helpers.py b/tests/_helpers.py
index 42178fd439..cae5eb9c8e 100644
--- a/tests/_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/_helpers.py
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@
         InMemorySpanExporter,
     )
     from opentelemetry.trace.status import StatusCode
+    from opentelemetry.semconv.attributes import (
+       OTEL_SCOPE_NAME,
+       OTEL_SCOPE_VERSION,
+    )
 
     trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
 
     HAS_OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALLED = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALLED = False
+    OTEL_SCOPE_NAME = "otel.scope.name"
 
     StatusCode = mock.Mock()
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test__opentelemetry_tracing.py b/tests/unit/test__opentelemetry_tracing.py
index 25870227bf..43c5ffe867 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test__opentelemetry_tracing.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test__opentelemetry_tracing.py
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 from google.api_core.exceptions import GoogleAPICallError
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import _opentelemetry_tracing
 
-from tests._helpers import OpenTelemetryBase, HAS_OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALLED
+from tests._helpers import (
+    OpenTelemetryBase,
+    HAS_OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALLED,
+    OTEL_SCOPE_NAME,
+)
 
 
 def _make_rpc_error(error_cls, trailing_metadata=None):
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ def test_trace_call(self):
                 "db.type": "spanner",
                 "db.url": "spanner.googleapis.com",
                 "net.host.name": "spanner.googleapis.com",
+                OTEL_SCOPE_NAME: "cloud.google.com/python/spanner",
             }
             expected_attributes.update(extra_attributes)
 
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ def test_trace_error(self):
                 "db.type": "spanner",
                 "db.url": "spanner.googleapis.com",
                 "net.host.name": "spanner.googleapis.com",
+                OTEL_SCOPE_NAME: "cloud.google.com/python/spanner",
             }
             expected_attributes.update(extra_attributes)
 
@@ -110,6 +116,7 @@ def test_trace_grpc_error(self):
                 "db.type": "spanner",
                 "db.url": "spanner.googleapis.com:443",
                 "net.host.name": "spanner.googleapis.com:443",
+                OTEL_SCOPE_NAME: "cloud.google.com/python/spanner",
             }
             expected_attributes.update(extra_attributes)
 
@@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ def test_trace_codeless_error(self):
                 "db.type": "spanner",
                 "db.url": "spanner.googleapis.com:443",
                 "net.host.name": "spanner.googleapis.com:443",
+                OTEL_SCOPE_NAME: "cloud.google.com/python/spanner",
             }
             expected_attributes.update(extra_attributes)