diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/pyproject.toml b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/pyproject.toml
index a9917d492ec..3b76f423cdb 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/pyproject.toml
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "opentelemetry-proto == 1.20.0.dev",
+  "backoff >= 1.10.0, < 2.0.0; python_version<'3.7'",
+  "backoff >= 1.10.0, < 3.0.0; python_version>='3.7'",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py
index 2f5d7413245..bd6ca4ad180 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional, List, Callable, TypeVar, Dict
 
+import backoff
+
 from opentelemetry.sdk.util.instrumentation import InstrumentationScope
 from opentelemetry.proto.common.v1.common_pb2 import (
     InstrumentationScope as PB2InstrumentationScope,
@@ -130,3 +132,16 @@ def _get_resource_data(
             )
         )
     return resource_data
+
+
+# Work around API change between backoff 1.x and 2.x. Since 2.0.0 the backoff
+# wait generator API requires a first .send(None) before reading the backoff
+# values from the generator.
+_is_backoff_v2 = next(backoff.expo()) is None
+
+
+def _create_exp_backoff_generator(*args, **kwargs):
+    gen = backoff.expo(*args, **kwargs)
+    if _is_backoff_v2:
+        gen.send(None)
+    return gen
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
index 243c88b08f5..dd169ff2398 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
     _get_resource_data,
+    _create_exp_backoff_generator,
 )
-import backoff
 from google.rpc.error_details_pb2 import RetryInfo
 from grpc import (
     ChannelCredentials,
@@ -137,19 +137,6 @@ def _get_credentials(creds, environ_key):
     return ssl_channel_credentials()
 
 
-# Work around API change between backoff 1.x and 2.x. Since 2.0.0 the backoff
-# wait generator API requires a first .send(None) before reading the backoff
-# values from the generator.
-_is_backoff_v2 = next(backoff.expo()) is None
-
-
-def _expo(*args, **kwargs):
-    gen = backoff.expo(*args, **kwargs)
-    if _is_backoff_v2:
-        gen.send(None)
-    return gen
-
-
 # pylint: disable=no-member
 class OTLPExporterMixin(
     ABC, Generic[SDKDataT, ExportServiceRequestT, ExportResultT]
@@ -266,7 +253,7 @@ def _export(
         # expo returns a generator that yields delay values which grow
         # exponentially. Once delay is greater than max_value, the yielded
         # value will remain constant.
-        for delay in _expo(max_value=max_value):
+        for delay in _create_exp_backoff_generator(max_value=max_value):
             if delay == max_value or self._shutdown:
                 return self._result.FAILURE
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/logs/test_otlp_logs_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/logs/test_otlp_logs_exporter.py
index c2e4a5dc0c6..a6479a14741 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/logs/test_otlp_logs_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/logs/test_otlp_logs_exporter.py
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ def test_otlp_headers_from_env(self):
             (("user-agent", "OTel-OTLP-Exporter-Python/" + __version__),),
         )
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.sleep")
     def test_unavailable(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
 
@@ -306,7 +308,9 @@ def test_unavailable(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
         )
         mock_sleep.assert_called_with(1)
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.sleep")
     def test_unavailable_delay(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py
index f1b95986dac..4dfed3e1541 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ def test_environ_to_compression(self):
             with self.assertRaises(InvalidCompressionValueException):
                 environ_to_compression("test_invalid")
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     def test_export_warning(self, mock_expo):
         mock_expo.configure_mock(**{"return_value": [0]})
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py
index 58cab7175c7..1d9d65405c6 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ def test_otlp_exporter_endpoint(self, mock_secure, mock_insecure):
             mock_method.reset_mock()
 
     # pylint: disable=no-self-use
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.insecure_channel")
     @patch.dict("os.environ", {OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_COMPRESSION: "gzip"})
     def test_otlp_exporter_otlp_compression_envvar(
@@ -405,7 +407,9 @@ def test_otlp_exporter_otlp_compression_unspecified(
             "localhost:4317", compression=Compression.NoCompression
         )
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.sleep")
     def test_unavailable(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
 
@@ -420,7 +424,9 @@ def test_unavailable(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
         )
         mock_sleep.assert_called_with(1)
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.sleep")
     def test_unavailable_delay(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_trace_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_trace_exporter.py
index be6c71ab3a1..5445ddf9262 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_trace_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_trace_exporter.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 from opentelemetry.attributes import BoundedAttributes
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
     _encode_key_value,
+    _is_backoff_v2,
 )
-from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter import _is_backoff_v2
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import (
     OTLPSpanExporter,
 )
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ def test_otlp_headers(self, mock_ssl_channel, mock_secure):
             (("user-agent", "OTel-OTLP-Exporter-Python/" + __version__),),
         )
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.backoff")
+    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal.backoff")
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.sleep")
     def test_handles_backoff_v2_api(self, mock_sleep, mock_backoff):
         # In backoff ~= 2.0.0 the first value yielded from expo is None.
@@ -477,7 +477,9 @@ def generate_delays(*args, **kwargs):
         self.exporter.export([self.span])
         mock_sleep.assert_called_once_with(1)
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.sleep")
     def test_unavailable(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
 
@@ -486,12 +488,13 @@ def test_unavailable(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
         add_TraceServiceServicer_to_server(
             TraceServiceServicerUNAVAILABLE(), self.server
         )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            self.exporter.export([self.span]), SpanExportResult.FAILURE
-        )
+        result = self.exporter.export([self.span])
+        self.assertEqual(result, SpanExportResult.FAILURE)
         mock_sleep.assert_called_with(1)
 
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._expo")
+    @patch(
+        "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter._create_exp_backoff_generator"
+    )
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter.sleep")
     def test_unavailable_delay(self, mock_sleep, mock_expo):
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
index 67f83f280f3..caacdbdfcab 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence
 from time import sleep
 
-import backoff
 import requests
 
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
+    _create_exp_backoff_generator,
+)
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._log_encoder import encode_logs
 from opentelemetry.sdk.environment_variables import (
     OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE,
@@ -56,18 +58,6 @@
 DEFAULT_LOGS_EXPORT_PATH = "v1/logs"
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10  # in seconds
 
-# Work around API change between backoff 1.x and 2.x. Since 2.0.0 the backoff
-# wait generator API requires a first .send(None) before reading the backoff
-# values from the generator.
-_is_backoff_v2 = next(backoff.expo()) is None
-
-
-def _expo(*args, **kwargs):
-    gen = backoff.expo(*args, **kwargs)
-    if _is_backoff_v2:
-        gen.send(None)
-    return gen
-
 
 class OTLPLogExporter(LogExporter):
 
@@ -147,7 +137,9 @@ def export(self, batch: Sequence[LogData]) -> LogExportResult:
 
         serialized_data = encode_logs(batch).SerializeToString()
 
-        for delay in _expo(max_value=self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT):
+        for delay in _create_exp_backoff_generator(
+            max_value=self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT
+        ):
 
             if delay == self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT:
                 return LogExportResult.FAILURE
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py
index 2c13601e0a1..ed878dabe87 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
     _get_resource_data,
+    _create_exp_backoff_generator,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal.metrics_encoder import (
     OTLPMetricExporterMixin,
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource as SDKResource
 from opentelemetry.util.re import parse_env_headers
 
-import backoff
 import requests
 from opentelemetry.proto.resource.v1.resource_pb2 import (
     Resource as PB2Resource,
@@ -87,18 +87,6 @@
 DEFAULT_METRICS_EXPORT_PATH = "v1/metrics"
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10  # in seconds
 
-# Work around API change between backoff 1.x and 2.x. Since 2.0.0 the backoff
-# wait generator API requires a first .send(None) before reading the backoff
-# values from the generator.
-_is_backoff_v2 = next(backoff.expo()) is None
-
-
-def _expo(*args, **kwargs):
-    gen = backoff.expo(*args, **kwargs)
-    if _is_backoff_v2:
-        gen.send(None)
-    return gen
-
 
 class OTLPMetricExporter(MetricExporter, OTLPMetricExporterMixin):
 
@@ -181,7 +169,9 @@ def export(
         **kwargs,
     ) -> MetricExportResult:
         serialized_data = encode_metrics(metrics_data)
-        for delay in _expo(max_value=self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT):
+        for delay in _create_exp_backoff_generator(
+            max_value=self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT
+        ):
 
             if delay == self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT:
                 return MetricExportResult.FAILURE
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py
index dbc6a0a692a..2ab7e97e026 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 from typing import Dict, Optional
 from time import sleep
 
-import backoff
 import requests
 
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
+    _create_exp_backoff_generator,
+)
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common.trace_encoder import (
     encode_spans,
 )
@@ -54,18 +56,6 @@
 DEFAULT_TRACES_EXPORT_PATH = "v1/traces"
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10  # in seconds
 
-# Work around API change between backoff 1.x and 2.x. Since 2.0.0 the backoff
-# wait generator API requires a first .send(None) before reading the backoff
-# values from the generator.
-_is_backoff_v2 = next(backoff.expo()) is None
-
-
-def _expo(*args, **kwargs):
-    gen = backoff.expo(*args, **kwargs)
-    if _is_backoff_v2:
-        gen.send(None)
-    return gen
-
 
 class OTLPSpanExporter(SpanExporter):
 
@@ -145,7 +135,9 @@ def export(self, spans) -> SpanExportResult:
 
         serialized_data = encode_spans(spans).SerializeToString()
 
-        for delay in _expo(max_value=self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT):
+        for delay in _create_exp_backoff_generator(
+            max_value=self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT
+        ):
 
             if delay == self._MAX_RETRY_TIMEOUT:
                 return SpanExportResult.FAILURE
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/metrics/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/metrics/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py
index 632ecda3b94..d9011322b92 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/metrics/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/metrics/test_otlp_metrics_exporter.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from requests.models import Response
 from responses import POST, activate, add
 
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import _is_backoff_v2
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common.metrics_encoder import (
     encode_metrics,
 )
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
     DEFAULT_METRICS_EXPORT_PATH,
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     OTLPMetricExporter,
-    _is_backoff_v2,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.environment_variables import (
     OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE,
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def test_serialization(self, mock_post):
         )
 
     @activate
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.metric_exporter.backoff")
+    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal.backoff")
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.metric_exporter.sleep")
     def test_handles_backoff_v2_api(self, mock_sleep, mock_backoff):
         # In backoff ~= 2.0.0 the first value yielded from expo is None.
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py
index 5cf20b881b1..5300ce85dee 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_log_exporter.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import responses
 
 from opentelemetry._logs import SeverityNumber
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import _is_backoff_v2
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http import Compression
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http._log_exporter import (
     DEFAULT_COMPRESSION,
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
     DEFAULT_LOGS_EXPORT_PATH,
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     OTLPLogExporter,
-    _is_backoff_v2,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LogData
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def test_exporter_env(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(exporter._session, requests.Session)
 
     @responses.activate
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http._log_exporter.backoff")
+    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal.backoff")
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http._log_exporter.sleep")
     def test_handles_backoff_v2_api(self, mock_sleep, mock_backoff):
         # In backoff ~= 2.0.0 the first value yielded from expo is None.
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_span_exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_span_exporter.py
index a1d96f50b44..9a1d1604a25 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_span_exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/tests/test_proto_span_exporter.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import requests
 import responses
 
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import _is_backoff_v2
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http import Compression
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import (
     DEFAULT_COMPRESSION,
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     DEFAULT_TRACES_EXPORT_PATH,
     OTLPSpanExporter,
-    _is_backoff_v2,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.sdk.environment_variables import (
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def test_headers_parse_from_env(self):
 
     # pylint: disable=no-self-use
     @responses.activate
-    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter.backoff")
+    @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal.backoff")
     @patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter.sleep")
     def test_handles_backoff_v2_api(self, mock_sleep, mock_backoff):
         # In backoff ~= 2.0.0 the first value yielded from expo is None.