diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go
index 1407a4bc9b9..cfe4aadbfd9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/remote_runtime_test.go
@@ -17,16 +17,23 @@ limitations under the License.
 package remote
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest"
 	oteltrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
+	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	internalapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis"
+	//kubeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 	apitest "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
 	fakeremote "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cri/remote/fake"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util"
 )
@@ -50,11 +57,44 @@ func createAndStartFakeRemoteRuntime(t *testing.T) (*fakeremote.RemoteRuntime, s
 
 func createRemoteRuntimeService(endpoint string, t *testing.T) internalapi.RuntimeService {
 	runtimeService, err := NewRemoteRuntimeService(endpoint, defaultConnectionTimeout, oteltrace.NewNoopTracerProvider())
+
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return runtimeService
 }
 
+func createRemoteRuntimeServiceWithTracerProvider(endpoint string, tp oteltrace.TracerProvider, t *testing.T) internalapi.RuntimeService {
+	runtimeService, err := NewRemoteRuntimeService(endpoint, defaultConnectionTimeout, tp)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return runtimeService
+}
+
+func TestGetSpans(t *testing.T) {
+	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.KubeletTracing, true)()
+	fakeRuntime, endpoint := createAndStartFakeRemoteRuntime(t)
+	defer func() {
+		fakeRuntime.Stop()
+		// clear endpoint file
+		if addr, _, err := util.GetAddressAndDialer(endpoint); err == nil {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(addr); err == nil {
+				os.Remove(addr)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	exp := tracetest.NewInMemoryExporter()
+	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
+		sdktrace.WithBatcher(exp),
+	)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	rtSvc := createRemoteRuntimeServiceWithTracerProvider(endpoint, tp, t)
+	_, err := rtSvc.Version(apitest.FakeVersion)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = tp.ForceFlush(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, exp.GetSpans())
+}
+
 func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeRuntime, endpoint := createAndStartFakeRemoteRuntime(t)
 	defer func() {
@@ -67,8 +107,8 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	r := createRemoteRuntimeService(endpoint, t)
-	version, err := r.Version(apitest.FakeVersion)
+	rtSvc := createRemoteRuntimeService(endpoint, t)
+	version, err := rtSvc.Version(apitest.FakeVersion)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, apitest.FakeVersion, version.Version)
 	assert.Equal(t, apitest.FakeRuntimeName, version.RuntimeName)
diff --git a/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest/test.go b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest/test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad1d2f226f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest/test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package tracetest is a testing helper package for the SDK. User can
+// configure no-op or in-memory exporters to verify different SDK behaviors or
+// custom instrumentation.
+package tracetest // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest"
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+)
+
+var _ trace.SpanExporter = (*NoopExporter)(nil)
+
+// NewNoopExporter returns a new no-op exporter.
+func NewNoopExporter() *NoopExporter {
+	return new(NoopExporter)
+}
+
+// NoopExporter is an exporter that drops all received SpanSnapshots and
+// performs no action.
+type NoopExporter struct{}
+
+// ExportSpans handles export of SpanSnapshots by dropping them.
+func (nsb *NoopExporter) ExportSpans(context.Context, []*trace.SpanSnapshot) error { return nil }
+
+// Shutdown stops the exporter by doing nothing.
+func (nsb *NoopExporter) Shutdown(context.Context) error { return nil }
+
+var _ trace.SpanExporter = (*InMemoryExporter)(nil)
+
+// NewInMemoryExporter returns a new InMemoryExporter.
+func NewInMemoryExporter() *InMemoryExporter {
+	return new(InMemoryExporter)
+}
+
+// InMemoryExporter is an exporter that stores all received spans in-memory.
+type InMemoryExporter struct {
+	mu sync.Mutex
+	ss []*trace.SpanSnapshot
+}
+
+// ExportSpans handles export of SpanSnapshots by storing them in memory.
+func (imsb *InMemoryExporter) ExportSpans(_ context.Context, ss []*trace.SpanSnapshot) error {
+	imsb.mu.Lock()
+	defer imsb.mu.Unlock()
+	imsb.ss = append(imsb.ss, ss...)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Shutdown stops the exporter by clearing SpanSnapshots held in memory.
+func (imsb *InMemoryExporter) Shutdown(context.Context) error {
+	imsb.Reset()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Reset the current in-memory storage.
+func (imsb *InMemoryExporter) Reset() {
+	imsb.mu.Lock()
+	defer imsb.mu.Unlock()
+	imsb.ss = nil
+}
+
+// GetSpans returns the current in-memory stored spans.
+func (imsb *InMemoryExporter) GetSpans() []*trace.SpanSnapshot {
+	imsb.mu.Lock()
+	defer imsb.mu.Unlock()
+	ret := make([]*trace.SpanSnapshot, len(imsb.ss))
+	copy(ret, imsb.ss)
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index bf12a56809f..9025a6c988d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/internal
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest
 # go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.20.0 => go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.20.0
 ## explicit; go 1.14
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric