diff --git a/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator.go b/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator.go
index 3f92725ebc72..5b887854022c 100644
--- a/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator.go
+++ b/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 type httpTraceContextPropagator struct{}
 
 var _ apipropagation.TextFormatPropagator = httpTraceContextPropagator{}
+var traceCtxRegExp = regexp.MustCompile("^[0-9a-f]{2}-[a-f0-9]{32}-[a-f0-9]{16}-[a-f0-9]{2}")
 
 func (hp httpTraceContextPropagator) Inject(ctx context.Context, supplier apipropagation.Supplier) {
 	sc := trace.CurrentSpan(ctx).SpanContext()
@@ -56,6 +58,11 @@ func (hp httpTraceContextPropagator) Extract(ctx context.Context, supplier apipr
 		return core.EmptySpanContext()
 	}
 
+	if !traceCtxRegExp.MatchString(h) {
+		fmt.Printf("header does not match regex %s\n", h)
+		return core.EmptySpanContext()
+	}
+
 	sections := strings.Split(h, "-")
 	if len(sections) < 4 {
 		return core.EmptySpanContext()
@@ -104,11 +111,14 @@ func (hp httpTraceContextPropagator) Extract(ctx context.Context, supplier apipr
 	}
 	sc.SpanID = result
 
+	if len(sections[3]) != 2 {
+		return core.EmptySpanContext()
+	}
 	opts, err := hex.DecodeString(sections[3])
-	if err != nil || len(opts) < 1 {
+	if err != nil || len(opts) < 1 || (version == 0 && opts[0] > 2){
 		return core.EmptySpanContext()
 	}
-	sc.TraceOptions = opts[0]
+	sc.TraceOptions = opts[0] &^ core.TraceOptionUnused
 
 	if !sc.IsValid() {
 		return core.EmptySpanContext()
diff --git a/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator_test.go b/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator_test.go
index fc2fe34311d4..c5d3c7794197 100644
--- a/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator_test.go
+++ b/propagation/http_trace_context_propagator_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 	spanID  = uint64(0x00f067aa0ba902b7)
 )
 
-func TestExtractTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
+func TestExtractValidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 	trace.SetGlobalTracer(&mocktrace.MockTracer{})
 	propagator := propagation.HttpTraceContextPropagator()
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ func TestExtractTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 		header string
 		wantSc core.SpanContext
 	}{
+		{
+			name:   "valid header",
+			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-00",
+			wantSc: core.SpanContext{
+				TraceID:      traceID,
+				SpanID:       spanID,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "valid header and sampled",
+			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01",
+			wantSc: core.SpanContext{
+				TraceID:      traceID,
+				SpanID:       spanID,
+				TraceOptions: core.TraceOptionSampled,
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:   "future version",
 			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01",
@@ -51,28 +68,118 @@ func TestExtractTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:   "zero trace ID and span ID",
-			header: "00-00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-01",
-			wantSc: core.EmptySpanContext(),
+			name:   "future options with sampled bit set",
+			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-09",
+			wantSc: core.SpanContext{
+				TraceID:      traceID,
+				SpanID:       spanID,
+				TraceOptions: core.TraceOptionSampled,
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:   "valid header",
-			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-01",
+			name:   "future options with sampled bit cleared",
+			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-08",
+			wantSc: core.SpanContext{
+				TraceID:      traceID,
+				SpanID:       spanID,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "future additional data",
+			header: "02-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-09-XYZxsf09",
 			wantSc: core.SpanContext{
 				TraceID:      traceID,
 				SpanID:       spanID,
 				TraceOptions: core.TraceOptionSampled,
 			},
 		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com", nil)
+			req.Header.Set("traceparent", tt.header)
+
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			gotSc := propagator.Extract(ctx, req.Header)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotSc, tt.wantSc); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Extract Tracecontext: %s: -got +want %s", tt.name, diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtractInvalidTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
+	trace.SetGlobalTracer(&mocktrace.MockTracer{})
+	propagator := propagation.HttpTraceContextPropagator()
+	wantSc := core.EmptySpanContext()
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		header string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "wrong version length",
+			header: "0000-00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "wrong trace ID length",
+			header: "00-ab00000000000000000000000000000000-cd00000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "wrong span ID length",
+			header: "00-ab000000000000000000000000000000-cd0000000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "wrong trace flag length",
+			header: "00-ab000000000000000000000000000000-cd00000000000000-0100",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "bogus version length",
+			header: "qw-00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "bogus trace ID length",
+			header: "00-qw000000000000000000000000000000-cd00000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "bogus span ID length",
+			header: "00-ab000000000000000000000000000000-qw00000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "bogus trace flag length",
+			header: "00-ab000000000000000000000000000000-cd00000000000000-qw",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "upper case version length",
+			header: "A0-00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "upper case trace ID length",
+			header: "00-AB000000000000000000000000000000-cd00000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "upper case span ID length",
+			header: "00-ab000000000000000000000000000000-CD00000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "upper case trace flag length",
+			header: "00-ab000000000000000000000000000000-cd00000000000000-A1",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "zero trace ID and span ID",
+			header: "00-00000000000000000000000000000000-0000000000000000-01",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "trace-flag unused bits set",
+			header: "00-ab000000000000000000000000000000-cd00000000000000-09",
+		},
 		{
 			name:   "missing options",
 			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7",
-			wantSc: core.EmptySpanContext(),
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "empty options",
 			header: "00-4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736-00f067aa0ba902b7-",
-			wantSc: core.EmptySpanContext(),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -83,7 +190,7 @@ func TestExtractTraceContextFromHTTPReq(t *testing.T) {
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			gotSc := propagator.Extract(ctx, req.Header)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotSc, tt.wantSc); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotSc, wantSc); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Extract Tracecontext: %s: -got +want %s", tt.name, diff)
 			}
 		})
@@ -149,4 +256,4 @@ func TestHttpTraceContextPropagator_GetAllKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(got, want); diff != "" {
 		t.Errorf("GetAllKeys: -got +want %s", diff)
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}