diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b46f84ee..b8fe64a3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PATH
       nokogiri (~> 1.10)
       opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger (= 0.20.1)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (= 0.19.2)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (= 0.19.3)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (= 0.21.2)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra (= 0.19.3)
       opentelemetry-resource_detectors (= 0.19.1)
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ GEM
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (0.19.2)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (0.19.3)
+      opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (0.21.2)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
       opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
diff --git a/docker/Gemfile.lock b/docker/Gemfile.lock
index c461ae9b..2ebb5165 100644
--- a/docker/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/docker/Gemfile.lock
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ PATH
       nokogiri (~> 1.10)
       opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger (= 0.20.1)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (= 0.19.2)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (= 0.19.3)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (= 0.21.2)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra (= 0.19.3)
       opentelemetry-resource_detectors (= 0.19.1)
@@ -130,6 +131,10 @@ GEM
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (0.19.2)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
       opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (0.19.3)
+      opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (0.21.2)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
       opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler.rb b/lib/vmpooler.rb
index c68e4ef9..d6669439 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module Vmpooler
 
   # Dependencies for tracing
   require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby'
+  require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client'
   require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis'
   require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra'
   require 'opentelemetry-sdk'
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ def self.configure_tracing(startup_args, prefix, tracing_enabled, tracing_jaeger
     OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure do |c|
       c.use 'OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Sinatra'
       c.use 'OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::ConcurrentRuby'
+      c.use 'OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::HttpClient'
       c.use 'OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Redis'
 
       c.add_span_processor(span_processor)
diff --git a/vmpooler.gemspec b/vmpooler.gemspec
index 144ae0b1..49e23755 100644
--- a/vmpooler.gemspec
+++ b/vmpooler.gemspec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'nokogiri', '~> 1.10'
   s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger', '= 0.20.1'
   s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby', '= 0.19.2'
+  s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client', '= 0.19.3'
   s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis', '= 0.21.2'
   s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra', '= 0.19.3'
   s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-resource_detectors', '= 0.19.1'