diff --git a/lib/ctraces/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/ctraces/CMakeLists.txt
index 425384fcce9..3cef9282fe2 100644
--- a/lib/ctraces/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/ctraces/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endif()
 # CTraces Version
 set(CTR_VERSION_MAJOR  0)
 set(CTR_VERSION_MINOR  5)
-set(CTR_VERSION_PATCH  3)
+set(CTR_VERSION_PATCH  5)
 set(CTR_VERSION_STR "${CTR_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CTR_VERSION_MINOR}.${CTR_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 # Define __FILENAME__ consistently across Operating Systems
diff --git a/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_decode_opentelemetry.c b/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_decode_opentelemetry.c
index 067e88d9be9..0e845e15f84 100644
--- a/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_decode_opentelemetry.c
+++ b/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_decode_opentelemetry.c
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ int ctr_decode_opentelemetry_create(struct ctrace **out_ctr,
         otel_resource_span = service_request->resource_spans[resource_span_index];
         if (otel_resource_span == NULL) {
             opentelemetry__proto__collector__trace__v1__export_trace_service_request__free_unpacked(service_request, NULL);
+            ctr_destroy(ctr);
             return -1;
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_encode_opentelemetry.c b/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_encode_opentelemetry.c
index e8a95f149aa..8f0c81ed0bb 100644
--- a/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_encode_opentelemetry.c
+++ b/lib/ctraces/src/ctr_encode_opentelemetry.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,7 @@ static Opentelemetry__Proto__Trace__V1__ResourceSpans **set_resource_spans(struc
 
         otel_resource_span = initialize_resource_span();
         if (!otel_resource_span) {
+            free(rs);
             return NULL;
         }
         otel_resource_span->resource = ctr_set_resource(resource_span->resource);
@@ -1305,12 +1306,12 @@ cfl_sds_t ctr_encode_opentelemetry_create(struct ctrace *ctr)
     len = opentelemetry__proto__collector__trace__v1__export_trace_service_request__get_packed_size(req);
     buf = cfl_sds_create_size(len);
     if (!buf) {
+        destroy_export_service_request(req);
         return NULL;
     }
     cfl_sds_set_len(buf, len);
 
     opentelemetry__proto__collector__trace__v1__export_trace_service_request__pack(req, (uint8_t *)buf);
-
     destroy_export_service_request(req);
 
     return buf;