diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration.java
index f216c31bde37..ed857b12a5ad 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	@ConditionalOnBean(Tracer.class)
+	@Order(DEFAULT_TRACING_OBSERVATION_HANDLER_ORDER)
 	public DefaultTracingObservationHandler defaultTracingObservationHandler(Tracer tracer) {
 		return new DefaultTracingObservationHandler(tracer);
 	}