diff --git a/instrumentation/dalli/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dalli.gemspec b/instrumentation/dalli/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dalli.gemspec
index 27b209704..daede6d14 100644
--- a/instrumentation/dalli/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dalli.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/dalli/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dalli.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/ethon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ethon.gemspec b/instrumentation/ethon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ethon.gemspec
index 43d0cd1c6..c0ab94171 100644
--- a/instrumentation/ethon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ethon.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/ethon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ethon.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/excon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-excon.gemspec b/instrumentation/excon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-excon.gemspec
index f27d1c5e7..1921c50c5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/excon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-excon.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/excon/opentelemetry-instrumentation-excon.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/opentelemetry-instrumentation-faraday.gemspec b/instrumentation/faraday/opentelemetry-instrumentation-faraday.gemspec
index 2e5e24f63..41aa04b68 100644
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/opentelemetry-instrumentation-faraday.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/faraday/opentelemetry-instrumentation-faraday.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/http_client/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client.gemspec b/instrumentation/http_client/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client.gemspec
index 929671374..50996ac35 100644
--- a/instrumentation/http_client/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/http_client/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/koala/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koala.gemspec b/instrumentation/koala/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koala.gemspec
index aa18705d9..561ad7a86 100644
--- a/instrumentation/koala/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koala.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/koala/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koala.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/net_http/opentelemetry-instrumentation-net_http.gemspec b/instrumentation/net_http/opentelemetry-instrumentation-net_http.gemspec
index c64b20f13..1df1dcf52 100644
--- a/instrumentation/net_http/opentelemetry-instrumentation-net_http.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/net_http/opentelemetry-instrumentation-net_http.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 2.4'
diff --git a/instrumentation/rack/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler.rb b/instrumentation/rack/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler.rb
index 8bb502a4a..5475a4fc5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rack/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/rack/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler.rb
@@ -52,9 +52,12 @@ class EventHandler
           # @param [Rack::Response] This is nil in practice
           # @return [void]
           def on_start(request, _)
-            return if untraced_request?(request.env)
+            parent_context = if untraced_request?(request.env)
+                               extract_remote_context(request, OpenTelemetry::Common::Utilities.untraced)
+                             else
+                               extract_remote_context(request)
+                             end
 
-            parent_context = extract_remote_context(request)
             span = create_span(parent_context, request)
             span_ctx = OpenTelemetry::Trace.context_with_span(span, parent_context: parent_context)
             rack_ctx = OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Rack.context_with_span(span, parent_context: span_ctx)
@@ -173,9 +176,10 @@ def create_request_span_name(request)
             end
           end
 
-          def extract_remote_context(request)
+          def extract_remote_context(request, context = Context.current)
             OpenTelemetry.propagation.extract(
               request.env,
+              context: context,
               getter: OpenTelemetry::Common::Propagation.rack_env_getter
             )
           end
diff --git a/instrumentation/rack/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack.gemspec b/instrumentation/rack/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack.gemspec
index 736902919..3add31a61 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rack/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/rack/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/rack/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler_test.rb b/instrumentation/rack/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler_test.rb
index a70b486c0..b106a5d0d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rack/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/rack/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/rack/middlewares/event_handler_test.rb
@@ -134,17 +134,22 @@
     end
 
     describe 'config[:untraced_endpoints]' do
+      let(:service) do
+        lambda do |_env|
+          OpenTelemetry.tracer_provider.tracer('req').in_span('in_req_span') {}
+          [200, { 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' }, response_body]
+        end
+      end
+
       describe 'when an array is passed in' do
+        let(:uri) { '/ping' }
         let(:untraced_endpoints) { ['/ping'] }
 
         it 'does not trace paths listed in the array' do
-          get '/ping'
-
           ping_span = finished_spans.find { |s| s.attributes['http.target'] == '/ping' }
           _(ping_span).must_be_nil
 
-          root_span = finished_spans.find { |s| s.attributes['http.target'] == '/' }
-          _(root_span).wont_be_nil
+          _(finished_spans.size).must_equal 0
         end
       end
 
@@ -164,19 +169,24 @@
     end
 
     describe 'config[:untraced_requests]' do
+      let(:service) do
+        lambda do |_env|
+          OpenTelemetry.tracer_provider.tracer('req').in_span('in_req_span') {}
+          [200, { 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' }, response_body]
+        end
+      end
+
       describe 'when a callable is passed in' do
+        let(:uri) { '/assets' }
         let(:untraced_requests) do
           ->(env) { env['PATH_INFO'] =~ %r{^\/assets} }
         end
 
         it 'does not trace requests in which the callable returns true' do
-          get '/assets'
-
           assets_span = finished_spans.find { |s| s.attributes['http.target'] == '/assets' }
           _(assets_span).must_be_nil
 
-          root_span = finished_spans.find { |s| s.attributes['http.target'] == '/' }
-          _(root_span).wont_be_nil
+          _(finished_spans.size).must_equal 0
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/rdkafka/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rdkafka.gemspec b/instrumentation/rdkafka/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rdkafka.gemspec
index 7a806ecfa..0e99ce549 100644
--- a/instrumentation/rdkafka/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rdkafka.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/rdkafka/opentelemetry-instrumentation-rdkafka.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/redis/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis.gemspec b/instrumentation/redis/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis.gemspec
index 1988d6e45..5aab9d961 100644
--- a/instrumentation/redis/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/redis/opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/restclient/opentelemetry-instrumentation-restclient.gemspec b/instrumentation/restclient/opentelemetry-instrumentation-restclient.gemspec
index a12dc1e78..cf5a00531 100644
--- a/instrumentation/restclient/opentelemetry-instrumentation-restclient.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/restclient/opentelemetry-instrumentation-restclient.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.5'
diff --git a/instrumentation/sidekiq/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sidekiq.gemspec b/instrumentation/sidekiq/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sidekiq.gemspec
index 5399e5088..dd23a0e7e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/sidekiq/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sidekiq.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/sidekiq/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sidekiq.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'activejob', '>= 6.0'
diff --git a/instrumentation/sinatra/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra.gemspec b/instrumentation/sinatra/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra.gemspec
index f563f9212..df089208a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/sinatra/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/sinatra/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.20.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-common', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.22.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack', '~> 0.21'