diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/rand.go b/ddtrace/tracer/rand.go
index ecedc3ed10..8eb04c0fed 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/rand.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/rand.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 // This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
 // Copyright 2016 Datadog, Inc.
 
+//go:build !go1.22
+
+// TODO(knusbaum): This file should be deleted once go1.21 falls out of support
 package tracer
 
 import (
@@ -54,3 +57,14 @@ func (rs *safeSource) Seed(seed int64) {
 	rs.source.Seed(seed)
 	rs.Unlock()
 }
+
+// generateSpanID returns a random uint64 that has been XORd with the startTime.
+// This is done to get around the 32-bit random seed limitation that may create collisions if there is a large number
+// of go services all generating spans.
+func generateSpanID(startTime int64) uint64 {
+	return random.Uint64() ^ uint64(startTime)
+}
+
+func randUint64() uint64 {
+	return random.Uint64()
+}
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/rand_go1_22.go b/ddtrace/tracer/rand_go1_22.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e7948e47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/rand_go1_22.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
+// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
+// Copyright 2016 Datadog, Inc.
+
+//go:build go1.22
+
+package tracer
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"math/rand/v2"
+)
+
+func randUint64() uint64 {
+	return rand.Uint64()
+}
+
+func generateSpanID(startTime int64) uint64 {
+	return rand.Uint64() & math.MaxInt64
+}
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go
index 89c1810836..4b8ab3fe2d 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/sampler_test.go
@@ -442,12 +442,12 @@ func TestRuleEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRulesSampler(t *testing.T) {
 	makeSpan := func(op string, svc string) *span {
-		s := newSpan(op, svc, "res-10", random.Uint64(), random.Uint64(), 0)
+		s := newSpan(op, svc, "res-10", randUint64(), randUint64(), 0)
 		s.setMeta("hostname", "hn-30")
 		return s
 	}
 	makeFinishedSpan := func(op, svc, resource string, tags map[string]interface{}) *span {
-		s := newSpan(op, svc, resource, random.Uint64(), random.Uint64(), 0)
+		s := newSpan(op, svc, resource, randUint64(), randUint64(), 0)
 		for k, v := range tags {
 			s.SetTag(k, v)
 		}
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext_test.go
index cd7cfb39e7..60ee96127b 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestSpanTracePushOne(t *testing.T) {
 	_, transport, flush, stop := startTestTracer(t)
 	defer stop()
 
-	traceID := random.Uint64()
+	traceID := randUint64()
 	root := newSpan("name1", "a-service", "a-resource", traceID, traceID, 0)
 	trace := root.context.trace
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func TestSpanTracePushNoFinish(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(buffer)
 	assert.Len(buffer.spans, 0)
 
-	traceID := random.Uint64()
+	traceID := randUint64()
 	root := newSpan("name1", "a-service", "a-resource", traceID, traceID, 0)
 	root.context.trace = buffer
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func TestSpanTracePushSeveral(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(buffer)
 	assert.Len(buffer.spans, 0)
 
-	traceID := random.Uint64()
+	traceID := randUint64()
 	root := trc.StartSpan("name1", WithSpanID(traceID))
 	span2 := trc.StartSpan("name2", ChildOf(root.Context()))
 	span3 := trc.StartSpan("name3", ChildOf(root.Context()))
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go
index 42e2b118ab..363bb24f31 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer.go
@@ -610,13 +610,6 @@ func (t *tracer) StartSpan(operationName string, options ...ddtrace.StartSpanOpt
 	return span
 }
 
-// generateSpanID returns a random uint64 that has been XORd with the startTime.
-// This is done to get around the 32-bit random seed limitation that may create collisions if there is a large number
-// of go services all generating spans.
-func generateSpanID(startTime int64) uint64 {
-	return random.Uint64() ^ uint64(startTime)
-}
-
 // applyPPROFLabels applies pprof labels for the profiler's code hotspots and
 // endpoint filtering feature to span. When span finishes, any pprof labels
 // found in ctx are restored. Additionally, this func informs the profiler how
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go
index 4feb89c3c5..5d95ea5295 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/tracer_test.go
@@ -2039,6 +2039,44 @@ func BenchmarkStartSpan(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkStartSpanConcurrent(b *testing.B) {
+	tracer, _, _, stop := startTestTracer(b, WithLogger(log.DiscardLogger{}), WithSampler(NewRateSampler(0)))
+	defer stop()
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var wgready sync.WaitGroup
+	start := make(chan struct{})
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		wgready.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			root := tracer.StartSpan("pylons.request", ServiceName("pylons"), ResourceName("/"))
+			ctx := ContextWithSpan(context.TODO(), root)
+			wgready.Done()
+			<-start
+			for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+				s, ok := SpanFromContext(ctx)
+				if !ok {
+					b.Fatal("no span")
+				}
+				StartSpan("op", ChildOf(s.Context()))
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wgready.Wait()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	close(start)
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func BenchmarkGenSpanID(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		generateSpanID(0)
+	}
+}
+
 // startTestTracer returns a Tracer with a DummyTransport
 func startTestTracer(t testing.TB, opts ...StartOption) (trc *tracer, transport *dummyTransport, flush func(n int), stop func()) {
 	transport = newDummyTransport()
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go
index bfa3b09384..a7717c9917 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestImplementsTraceWriter(t *testing.T) {
 
 // makeSpan returns a span, adding n entries to meta and metrics each.
 func makeSpan(n int) *span {
-	s := newSpan("encodeName", "encodeService", "encodeResource", random.Uint64(), random.Uint64(), random.Uint64())
+	s := newSpan("encodeName", "encodeService", "encodeResource", randUint64(), randUint64(), randUint64())
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		istr := fmt.Sprintf("%0.10d", i)
 		s.Meta[istr] = istr