diff --git a/client/pull.go b/client/pull.go
index 9f94701bb..fd4c8bce6 100644
--- a/client/pull.go
+++ b/client/pull.go
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/remotes/docker"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/remotes/docker/schema1" //nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA1019. Need to keep deprecated package for compatibility.
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/unpack"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/platforms"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/cmd/containerd/builtins/tracing.go b/cmd/containerd/builtins/tracing.go
index 23ecdfb5e..0926cd52d 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/builtins/tracing.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/builtins/tracing.go
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 package builtins
 
 import (
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing/plugin"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing/plugin"
 )
diff --git a/core/remotes/docker/resolver.go b/core/remotes/docker/resolver.go
index ecff062fc..177c47e4a 100644
--- a/core/remotes/docker/resolver.go
+++ b/core/remotes/docker/resolver.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	remoteerrors "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/remotes/errors"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/reference"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/version"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
diff --git a/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go b/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
index 05dfc8d31..b51930d74 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 
diff --git a/pkg/cri/server/images/image_pull.go b/pkg/cri/server/images/image_pull.go
index b534fd8c2..60389c869 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/server/images/image_pull.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/server/images/image_pull.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import (
 	crilabels "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/cri/labels"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
 	snpkg "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/snapshotters"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 )
 
 // For image management:
diff --git a/pkg/cri/server/images/image_remove.go b/pkg/cri/server/images/image_remove.go
index 7ca4a5540..7c5b7b8b7 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/server/images/image_remove.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/server/images/image_remove.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	eventstypes "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/api/events"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/images"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/cri/server/images/image_status.go b/pkg/cri/server/images/image_status.go
index 6ad945c41..3990c0e9a 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/server/images/image_status.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/server/images/image_status.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	imagestore "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/cri/store/image"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/cri/util"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 
 	imagespec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
diff --git a/tracing/helpers.go b/pkg/tracing/helpers.go
similarity index 100%
rename from tracing/helpers.go
rename to pkg/tracing/helpers.go
diff --git a/tracing/log.go b/pkg/tracing/log.go
similarity index 100%
rename from tracing/log.go
rename to pkg/tracing/log.go
diff --git a/tracing/plugin/otlp.go b/pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp.go
similarity index 99%
rename from tracing/plugin/otlp.go
rename to pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp.go
index 37474086a..b972a0e54 100644
--- a/tracing/plugin/otlp.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/plugin"
 	"github.com/containerd/plugin/registry"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
diff --git a/tracing/plugin/otlp_test.go b/pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from tracing/plugin/otlp_test.go
rename to pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp_test.go
diff --git a/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
similarity index 100%
rename from tracing/tracing.go
rename to pkg/tracing/tracing.go
diff --git a/pkg/unpack/unpacker.go b/pkg/unpack/unpacker.go
index 0624e05b1..204739f3a 100644
--- a/pkg/unpack/unpacker.go
+++ b/pkg/unpack/unpacker.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/kmutex"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/labels"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/platforms"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/identity"