diff --git a/packages/otel/src/bootstrap/main.ts b/packages/otel/src/bootstrap/main.ts
index ded32a93..36d5d54f 100644
--- a/packages/otel/src/bootstrap/main.ts
+++ b/packages/otel/src/bootstrap/main.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import process from 'node:process'
+
 import { trace } from '@opentelemetry/api'
 import { SugaredTracer } from '@opentelemetry/api/experimental'
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources'
@@ -8,7 +10,6 @@ import { NodeTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor, type SpanProcessor } from '@op
 import { GET_TRACER, SHUTDOWN_TRACERS } from '../constants.js'
 import { NetlifySpanExporter } from '../exporters/netlify.js'
 import packageJson from '../../package.json' with { type: 'json' }
-import process from 'node:process'
 
 export interface TracerProviderOptions {
   serviceName: string
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ export interface TracerProviderOptions {
 }
 
 export const createTracerProvider = (options: TracerProviderOptions) => {
+  // Prevent multiple tracers from being created
+  if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(globalThis, GET_TRACER)) return
+
   // remove the v prefix from the version to match the spec
   const runtimeVersion = process.version.slice(1)
 
diff --git a/packages/otel/src/main.ts b/packages/otel/src/main.ts
index 67befeca..cb20d3a9 100644
--- a/packages/otel/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/otel/src/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { type SugaredSpanOptions, type SugaredTracer } from '@opentelemetry/api/experimental'
-import { GET_TRACER, SHUTDOWN_TRACERS } from './constants.js'
 import type { Context, Span } from '@opentelemetry/api'
+import type { SugaredSpanOptions, SugaredTracer } from '@opentelemetry/api/experimental'
+
+import { GET_TRACER, SHUTDOWN_TRACERS } from './constants.js'
 
 type GlobalThisExtended = typeof globalThis & {
   [GET_TRACER]?: (name?: string, version?: string) => SugaredTracer | undefined