diff --git a/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/exporter.go
index ad97567e72b0..89073d6b2eb8 100644
--- a/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter/exporter.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package awscloudwatchlogsexporter // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelem
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"time"
@@ -192,10 +193,10 @@ func logToCWLog(resourceAttrs map[string]interface{}, log plog.LogRecord) (*clou
 		Flags:                  uint32(log.Flags()),
 	}
 	if traceID := log.TraceID(); !traceID.IsEmpty() {
-		body.TraceID = traceID.HexString()
+		body.TraceID = hex.EncodeToString(traceID[:])
 	}
 	if spanID := log.SpanID(); !spanID.IsEmpty() {
-		body.SpanID = spanID.HexString()
+		body.SpanID = hex.EncodeToString(spanID[:])
 	}
 	body.Attributes = attrsValue(log.Attributes())
 	body.Resource = resourceAttrs
diff --git a/exporter/lokiexporter/legacy_exporter.go b/exporter/lokiexporter/legacy_exporter.go
index 496ac51b079a..ccecc149125a 100644
--- a/exporter/lokiexporter/legacy_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/lokiexporter/legacy_exporter.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -337,14 +338,16 @@ func (l *lokiExporter) convertLogBodyToEntry(lr plog.LogRecord, res pcommon.Reso
 		b.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(int(lr.SeverityNumber())))
 		b.WriteRune(' ')
 	}
-	if _, ok := l.config.Labels.RecordAttributes["traceID"]; !ok && !lr.TraceID().IsEmpty() {
+	traceID := lr.TraceID()
+	if _, ok := l.config.Labels.RecordAttributes["traceID"]; !ok && !traceID.IsEmpty() {
 		b.WriteString("traceID=")
-		b.WriteString(lr.TraceID().HexString())
+		b.WriteString(hex.EncodeToString(traceID[:]))
 		b.WriteRune(' ')
 	}
-	if _, ok := l.config.Labels.RecordAttributes["spanID"]; !ok && !lr.SpanID().IsEmpty() {
+	spanID := lr.SpanID()
+	if _, ok := l.config.Labels.RecordAttributes["spanID"]; !ok && !spanID.IsEmpty() {
 		b.WriteString("spanID=")
-		b.WriteString(lr.SpanID().HexString())
+		b.WriteString(hex.EncodeToString(spanID[:]))
 		b.WriteRune(' ')
 	}
 
diff --git a/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go
index 39f0091d9333..7fadfb2cc2ad 100644
--- a/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/mezmoexporter/exporter.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package mezmoexporter // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collect
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -102,14 +103,12 @@ func (m *mezmoExporter) logDataToMezmo(ld plog.Logs) error {
 					attrs["hostname"] = resourceHostName.AsString()
 				}
 
-				traceID := log.TraceID().HexString()
-				if traceID != "" {
-					attrs["trace.id"] = traceID
+				if traceID := log.TraceID(); !traceID.IsEmpty() {
+					attrs["trace.id"] = hex.EncodeToString(traceID[:])
 				}
 
-				spanID := log.SpanID().HexString()
-				if spanID != "" {
-					attrs["span.id"] = spanID
+				if spanID := log.SpanID(); !spanID.IsEmpty() {
+					attrs["span.id"] = hex.EncodeToString(spanID[:])
 				}
 
 				log.Attributes().Range(func(k string, v pcommon.Value) bool {
diff --git a/exporter/skywalkingexporter/logrecord_to_logdata.go b/exporter/skywalkingexporter/logrecord_to_logdata.go
index 94e261b928a2..1693d8a6e869 100644
--- a/exporter/skywalkingexporter/logrecord_to_logdata.go
+++ b/exporter/skywalkingexporter/logrecord_to_logdata.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package skywalkingexporter // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/skywalkingexporter"
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -141,14 +142,14 @@ func mapLogRecordToLogData(lr plog.LogRecord, logData *logpb.LogData) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	if traceID := lr.TraceID().HexString(); traceID != "" {
-		logData.TraceContext = &logpb.TraceContext{TraceId: traceID}
+	if traceID := lr.TraceID(); !traceID.IsEmpty() {
+		logData.TraceContext = &logpb.TraceContext{TraceId: hex.EncodeToString(traceID[:])}
 	}
 
-	if spanID := lr.SpanID().HexString(); spanID != "" {
+	if spanID := lr.SpanID(); !spanID.IsEmpty() {
 		logData.Tags.Data = append(logData.Tags.Data, &common.KeyStringValuePair{
 			Key:   spanIDField,
-			Value: spanID,
+			Value: hex.EncodeToString(spanID[:]),
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/translator/loki/encode.go b/pkg/translator/loki/encode.go
index 8708eb7b6bc9..f474adbc31c9 100644
--- a/pkg/translator/loki/encode.go
+++ b/pkg/translator/loki/encode.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package loki // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/loki"
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
@@ -70,14 +71,12 @@ func Encode(lr plog.LogRecord, res pcommon.Resource) (string, error) {
 func EncodeLogfmt(lr plog.LogRecord, res pcommon.Resource) (string, error) {
 	keyvals := bodyToKeyvals(lr.Body())
 
-	traceID := lr.TraceID().HexString()
-	if traceID != "" {
-		keyvals = keyvalsReplaceOrAppend(keyvals, "traceID", traceID)
+	if traceID := lr.TraceID(); !traceID.IsEmpty() {
+		keyvals = keyvalsReplaceOrAppend(keyvals, "traceID", hex.EncodeToString(traceID[:]))
 	}
 
-	spanID := lr.SpanID().HexString()
-	if spanID != "" {
-		keyvals = keyvalsReplaceOrAppend(keyvals, "spanID", spanID)
+	if spanID := lr.SpanID(); !spanID.IsEmpty() {
+		keyvals = keyvalsReplaceOrAppend(keyvals, "spanID", hex.EncodeToString(spanID[:]))
 	}
 
 	severity := lr.SeverityText()
diff --git a/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go b/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
index 09446331b80f..9fe5c1790a6b 100644
--- a/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite/helper.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package prometheusremotewrite // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/prometheusremotewrite"
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"math"
@@ -364,8 +365,8 @@ func getPromExemplars(pt pmetric.HistogramDataPoint) []prompb.Exemplar {
 			Value:     exemplar.DoubleValue(),
 			Timestamp: timestamp.FromTime(exemplar.Timestamp().AsTime()),
 		}
-		if !exemplar.TraceID().IsEmpty() {
-			val := exemplar.TraceID().HexString()
+		if traceID := exemplar.TraceID(); !traceID.IsEmpty() {
+			val := hex.EncodeToString(traceID[:])
 			exemplarRunes += utf8.RuneCountInString(traceIDKey) + utf8.RuneCountInString(val)
 			promLabel := prompb.Label{
 				Name:  traceIDKey,
@@ -373,8 +374,8 @@ func getPromExemplars(pt pmetric.HistogramDataPoint) []prompb.Exemplar {
 			}
 			promExemplar.Labels = append(promExemplar.Labels, promLabel)
 		}
-		if !exemplar.SpanID().IsEmpty() {
-			val := exemplar.SpanID().HexString()
+		if spanID := exemplar.SpanID(); !spanID.IsEmpty() {
+			val := hex.EncodeToString(spanID[:])
 			exemplarRunes += utf8.RuneCountInString(spanIDKey) + utf8.RuneCountInString(val)
 			promLabel := prompb.Label{
 				Name:  spanIDKey,