diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 721922886..253b60c08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+## [7.17.1](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v7.17.0...v7.17.1) (2025-01-03)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove default global trace context propagator ([#2209](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2209)) ([7898e0c](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/7898e0ce0477e2d4327822ac26a2674203b47a64)), closes [#2208](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2208)
+
 ## [7.17.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v7.16.0...v7.17.0) (2024-12-27)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ab398153..a633f96b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "7.17.0",
+  "version": "7.17.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index 141968d42..4b31e02b7 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/kms": "^4.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/precise-date": "^4.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.17.0",
+    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.17.1",
     "protobufjs": "^7.0.0",
     "yargs": "^17.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f0f88a801..9281484c9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ import * as v1 from './v1';
 import {
   ObservabilityOptions,
   ensureInitialContextManagerSet,
-  ensureContextPropagation,
 } from './instrument';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
@@ -378,7 +377,6 @@ class Spanner extends GrpcService {
       this._observabilityOptions?.enableEndToEndTracing
     );
     ensureInitialContextManagerSet();
-    ensureContextPropagation();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/instrument.ts b/src/instrument.ts
index 2c7998733..e4cb8d283 100644
--- a/src/instrument.ts
+++ b/src/instrument.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {
   Span,
   SpanStatusCode,
   context,
-  propagation,
   trace,
   INVALID_SPAN_CONTEXT,
   ROOT_CONTEXT,
@@ -100,8 +99,6 @@ const {
   AsyncHooksContextManager,
 } = require('@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks');
 
-const {W3CTraceContextPropagator} = require('@opentelemetry/core');
-
 /*
  * This function ensures that async/await works correctly by
  * checking if context.active() returns an invalid/unset context
@@ -121,14 +118,8 @@ function ensureInitialContextManagerSet() {
   }
 }
 
-function ensureContextPropagation() {
-  propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new W3CTraceContextPropagator());
-}
-
 export {ensureInitialContextManagerSet};
 
-export {ensureContextPropagation};
-
 /**
  * startTrace begins an active span in the current active context
  * and passes it back to the set callback function. Each span will