diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 735e546a7a1..c6bd176ae94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   to let distros use its default implementation
   ([#1937](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1937))
 - Add Trace ID validation to meet [TraceID spec](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/overview.md#spancontext) ([#1992](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1992))
+- Fixed Python 3.10 incompatibility in `opentelemetry-opentracing-shim` tests
+  ([#2018](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2018))
 
 ## [0.23.1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1987) - 2021-07-26
 
diff --git a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py
index 828097270f0..e27f7797340 100644
--- a/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py
+++ b/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/tests/test_shim.py
@@ -482,9 +482,7 @@ def test_span_on_error(self):
 
         ex = exc_ctx.exception
         expected_stack = "".join(
-            traceback.format_exception(
-                etype=type(ex), value=ex, tb=ex.__traceback__
-            )
+            traceback.format_exception(type(ex), value=ex, tb=ex.__traceback__)
         )
         # Verify exception details have been added to span.
         exc_event = scope.span.unwrap().events[0]