diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
index 24cf822ac6c92..d768165451a5a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.plugins.ExtensionAwarePlugin;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.SearchPipelinePlugin;
 import org.opensearch.telemetry.tracing.NoopTracerFactory;
+import org.opensearch.telemetry.tracing.Tracer;
 import org.opensearch.telemetry.tracing.TracerFactory;
 import org.opensearch.search.backpressure.SearchBackpressureService;
 import org.opensearch.search.backpressure.settings.SearchBackpressureSettings;
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ public static class DiscoverySettings {
     private final Collection<LifecycleComponent> pluginLifecycleComponents;
     private final LocalNodeFactory localNodeFactory;
     private final NodeService nodeService;
-    private final TracerFactory tracerFactory;
+    private final Tracer tracer;
     final NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry;
     private final AtomicReference<RunnableTaskExecutionListener> runnableTaskListener;
     private FileCache fileCache;
@@ -1027,6 +1028,7 @@ protected Node(
                 searchModule.getIndexSearcherExecutor(threadPool)
             );
 
+            TracerFactory tracerFactory;
             if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(TELEMETRY)) {
                 final TelemetrySettings telemetrySettings = new TelemetrySettings(settings, clusterService.getClusterSettings());
                 List<TelemetryPlugin> telemetryPlugins = pluginsService.filterPlugins(TelemetryPlugin.class);
@@ -1035,7 +1037,8 @@ protected Node(
             } else {
                 tracerFactory = new NoopTracerFactory();
             }
-            resourcesToClose.add(tracerFactory::close);
+            tracer = tracerFactory.getTracer();
+            resourcesToClose.add(tracer::close);
 
             final List<PersistentTasksExecutor<?>> tasksExecutors = pluginsService.filterPlugins(PersistentTaskPlugin.class)
                 .stream()
@@ -1142,7 +1145,7 @@ protected Node(
                 b.bind(FsHealthService.class).toInstance(fsHealthService);
                 b.bind(SystemIndices.class).toInstance(systemIndices);
                 b.bind(IdentityService.class).toInstance(identityService);
-                b.bind(TracerFactory.class).toInstance(this.tracerFactory);
+                b.bind(Tracer.class).toInstance(tracer);
             });
             injector = modules.createInjector();
 
@@ -1499,7 +1502,7 @@ public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
         toClose.add(injector.getInstance(NodeEnvironment.class));
         toClose.add(stopWatch::stop);
         if (FeatureFlags.isEnabled(TELEMETRY)) {
-            toClose.add(injector.getInstance(TracerFactory.class));
+            toClose.add(injector.getInstance(Tracer.class));
         }
 
         if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {