diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
index be053c85dfb1..395276839f44 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerOptions.java
@@ -2691,7 +2691,9 @@ public static void enableOpenCensusTraces() {
           + " OpenTelemetry traces")
   @VisibleForTesting
   static void resetActiveTracingFramework() {
-    activeTracingFramework = null;
+    synchronized (lock) {
+      activeTracingFramework = null;
+    }
   }
 
   public static TracingFramework getActiveTracingFramework() {
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchClientImplTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchClientImplTest.java
index 7a9ed7dcd91d..d8d123925073 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchClientImplTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchClientImplTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ public static void setupOpenTelemetry() {
     SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryTraces();
   }
 
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void resetOpenTelemetry() {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestEnv.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestEnv.java
index 7e32c410a72c..dffa2c8f08b2 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestEnv.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestEnv.java
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ public SpannerOptions spannerOptionsWithEndToEndTracing(SpannerOptions options)
             .setTracerProvider(sdkTracerProvider)
             .setPropagators(ContextPropagators.create(W3CTraceContextPropagator.getInstance()))
             .build();
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
     SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryTraces();
     return options.toBuilder()
         .setOpenTelemetry(openTelemetry)
@@ -217,8 +218,15 @@ RemoteSpannerHelper createTestHelper(SpannerOptions options, InstanceId instance
 
   @Override
   protected void after() {
-    cleanUpInstance();
-    this.config.tearDown();
+    try {
+      cleanUpInstance();
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        this.config.tearDown();
+      } finally {
+        SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   private void initializeInstance(InstanceId instanceId) throws Exception {
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionsBenchmark.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionsBenchmark.java
index f71fdfe37a3e..eae4c4259afa 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionsBenchmark.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionsBenchmark.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public static class BenchmarkState {
 
     @Setup(Level.Iteration)
     public void setup() throws Exception {
+      SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
       SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryMetrics();
       SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryTraces();
       SpannerOptions options =
@@ -109,7 +110,11 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
 
     @TearDown(Level.Iteration)
     public void teardown() throws Exception {
-      spanner.close();
+      try {
+        spanner.close();
+      } finally {
+        SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenCensusApiTracerTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenCensusApiTracerTest.java
index ad27c775729b..4311f15ef9e7 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenCensusApiTracerTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenCensusApiTracerTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
@@ -97,6 +98,11 @@ public static void setupOpenTelemetry() throws Exception {
     field.set(null, failOnOverkillTraceComponent);
   }
 
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void resetTracing() {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+  }
+
   @BeforeClass
   public static void setupResults() {
     RandomResultSetGenerator generator = new RandomResultSetGenerator(1);
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetryApiTracerTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetryApiTracerTest.java
index 67012ed96225..fa079a0e46fc 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetryApiTracerTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetryApiTracerTest.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public static void setupResults() {
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void closeOpenTelemetry() {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
     if (openTelemetry != null) {
       openTelemetry.close();
     }
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetrySpanTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetrySpanTest.java
index 8ff8827664da..e003841f0c64 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetrySpanTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/OpenTelemetrySpanTest.java
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public static void startStaticServer() throws Exception {
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void stopServer() throws InterruptedException {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
     if (server != null) {
       server.shutdown();
       server.awaitTermination();
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImplTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImplTest.java
index 85d21c1e75a3..4e7197356350 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImplTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionImplTest.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -100,6 +101,11 @@ public static void setupOpenTelemetry() {
     SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryTraces();
   }
 
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void resetOpenTelemetry() {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpanTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpanTest.java
index 449e78cf6125..c30283da86ce 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpanTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpanTest.java
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ public static void startStaticServer() throws Exception {
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void stopServer() throws InterruptedException {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
     if (server != null) {
       server.shutdown();
       server.awaitTermination();
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerImplTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerImplTest.java
index 7438ac6b1aba..1bcfde7d4e27 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerImplTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SpannerImplTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ public static void setupOpenTelemetry() {
     SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryTraces();
   }
 
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void resetOpenTelemetry() {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+  }
+
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
     databaseAdminStubSettings =
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionManagerImplTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionManagerImplTest.java
index 2a8c6db211b4..2aefc2ca6ff7 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionManagerImplTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionManagerImplTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ public static void setupOpenTelemetry() {
     SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryTraces();
   }
 
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void resetOpenTelemetry() {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+  }
+
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
     initMocks(this);
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionRunnerImplTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionRunnerImplTest.java
index 5fbcac89025d..3ee62127a2a3 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionRunnerImplTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionRunnerImplTest.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -115,6 +116,11 @@ public static void setupOpenTelemetry() {
     SpannerOptions.enableOpenTelemetryTraces();
   }
 
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void resetOpenTelemetry() {
+    SpannerOptions.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+  }
+
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
     MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/OpenTelemetryTracingTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/OpenTelemetryTracingTest.java
index a8e579feb1a3..6c2f9b82d16d 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/OpenTelemetryTracingTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/connection/OpenTelemetryTracingTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public static void setupOpenTelemetry() {
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void closeOpenTelemetry() {
+    SpannerOptionsTestHelper.resetActiveTracingFramework();
     SpannerPool.closeSpannerPool();
     if (openTelemetry != null) {
       openTelemetry.close();
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITEndToEndTracingTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITEndToEndTracingTest.java
index 52d1bc94629c..050f342c472c 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITEndToEndTracingTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/it/ITEndToEndTracingTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ public static void setUpDatabase() {
 
   @AfterClass
   public static void teardown() {
-    ConnectionOptions.closeSpanner();
+    try {
+      ConnectionOptions.closeSpanner();
+    } finally {
+      SpannerOptionsHelper.resetActiveTracingFramework();
+    }
   }
 
   private void assertTrace(String traceId) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
diff --git a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpcTest.java b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpcTest.java
index c2e4bb601665..39f68f6074c6 100644
--- a/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpcTest.java
+++ b/java-spanner/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/spi/v1/GapicSpannerRpcTest.java
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ public <ReqT, RespT> ServerCall.Listener<ReqT> interceptCall(
 
   @After
   public void reset() throws InterruptedException {
+    SpannerOptionsHelper.resetActiveTracingFramework();
     if (mockSpanner != null) {
       mockSpanner.reset();
     }