diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4e14282c..49205ad60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ OpenTelemetry Go Automatic Instrumentation adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http
 
 ### Changed
 
+- The SDK provided in `go.opentelemtry.io/auto/sdk` now defaults to NoOp behavior for unimplemented methods of the OpenTelemetry API.
+  This is changed from causing a compilation error for unimplemented methods. ([#1230](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/pull/1230))
 - The `GetTracerProvider` fucntion in `go.opentelemtry.io/auto/sdk` is renamed to `TracerProvider`. ([#1231](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/pull/1231))
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/sdk/trace.go b/sdk/trace.go
index c1dec80db..1b9508b7d 100644
--- a/sdk/trace.go
+++ b/sdk/trace.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.26.0"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/embedded"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk/telemetry"
 )
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TracerProvider() trace.TracerProvider { return tracerProviderInstance }
 
 var tracerProviderInstance = tracerProvider{}
 
-type tracerProvider struct{ embedded.TracerProvider }
+type tracerProvider struct{ noop.TracerProvider }
 
 var _ trace.TracerProvider = tracerProvider{}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (p tracerProvider) Tracer(name string, opts ...trace.TracerOption) trace.Tr
 }
 
 type tracer struct {
-	embedded.Tracer
+	noop.Tracer
 
 	name, schemaURL, version string
 }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func spanKind(kind trace.SpanKind) telemetry.SpanKind {
 }
 
 type span struct {
-	embedded.Span
+	noop.Span
 
 	sampled     bool
 	spanContext trace.SpanContext