diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
index 4e4ecd929e4f..5a51d883b74b 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ repro-zipfile
 tenacity
 toolz
 tqdm
+yarl
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
index 4ed45283e9e9..7bfebd08206b 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ wrapt==1.16.0
     #   opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis
 yarl==1.12.1
     # via
+    #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   aio-pika
     #   aiohttp
     #   aiormq
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py
index 3da3b28e3b35..199f48369769 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/aiohttp/tracing.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 from servicelib.logging_utils import log_context
 from settings_library.tracing import TracingSettings
+from yarl import URL
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 try:
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def setup_tracing(
     """
     _ = app
     opentelemetry_collector_endpoint = (
-        tracing_settings.TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
+        f"{tracing_settings.TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT}"
     )
     opentelemetry_collector_port = tracing_settings.TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_PORT
     if not opentelemetry_collector_endpoint and not opentelemetry_collector_port:
@@ -72,9 +73,8 @@ def setup_tracing(
     resource = Resource(attributes={"service.name": service_name})
     trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider(resource=resource))
     tracer_provider: trace.TracerProvider = trace.get_tracer_provider()
-    tracing_destination: str = (
-        f"{opentelemetry_collector_endpoint}:{opentelemetry_collector_port}/v1/traces"
-    )
+
+    tracing_destination: str = f"{URL(opentelemetry_collector_endpoint).with_port(opentelemetry_collector_port).with_path('/v1/traces')}"
 
     _logger.info(
         "Trying to connect service %s to tracing collector at %s.",
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py
index 36e9b06fa122..ee0258d93f42 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/tracing.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 from servicelib.logging_utils import log_context
 from settings_library.tracing import TracingSettings
+from yarl import URL
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -75,7 +76,13 @@ def setup_tracing(
     trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider(resource=resource))
     global_tracer_provider = trace.get_tracer_provider()
     assert isinstance(global_tracer_provider, TracerProvider)  # nosec
-    tracing_destination: str = f"{tracing_settings.TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT}:{tracing_settings.TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_PORT}/v1/traces"
+
+    opentelemetry_collector_endpoint: str = (
+        f"{tracing_settings.TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT}"
+    )
+
+    tracing_destination: str = f"{URL(opentelemetry_collector_endpoint).with_port(tracing_settings.TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_PORT).with_path('/v1/traces')}"
+
     _logger.info(
         "Trying to connect service %s to opentelemetry tracing collector at %s.",
         service_name,