diff --git a/tracing/setup.go b/tracing/setup.go
index 0d20478..2fca75b 100644
--- a/tracing/setup.go
+++ b/tracing/setup.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package tracing
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.17.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func getExporter(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (sdktrace.SpanExporter, error
 	case StdoutExporter:
 		return stdouttrace.New()
 	case NoOpExporter:
-		return stdouttrace.New(stdouttrace.WithWriter(io.Discard))
+		return tracetest.NewNoopExporter(), nil
 	case OTLPgRPCExporter:
 		return otlptracegrpc.New(ctx, otlptracegrpc.WithEndpoint(cfg.Endpoint), otlptracegrpc.WithInsecure())
 	}