diff --git a/awsagentprovider/src/main/java/software/amazon/opentelemetry/javaagent/providers/AwsAgentPropertiesCustomizerProvider.java b/awsagentprovider/src/main/java/software/amazon/opentelemetry/javaagent/providers/AwsAgentPropertiesCustomizerProvider.java
index 8d35951fb1..073e345de0 100644
--- a/awsagentprovider/src/main/java/software/amazon/opentelemetry/javaagent/providers/AwsAgentPropertiesCustomizerProvider.java
+++ b/awsagentprovider/src/main/java/software/amazon/opentelemetry/javaagent/providers/AwsAgentPropertiesCustomizerProvider.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public void customize(AutoConfigurationCustomizer autoConfiguration) {
         () ->
             new HashMap<String, String>() {
               {
-                put("otel.propagators", "xray,tracecontext,b3,b3multi");
+                put("otel.propagators", "baggage,xray,tracecontext,b3,b3multi");
                 put("otel.instrumentation.aws-sdk.experimental-span-attributes", "true");
                 put(
                     "otel.instrumentation.aws-sdk.experimental-record-individual-http-error",
diff --git a/lambda-layer/otel-instrument b/lambda-layer/otel-instrument
index 450eb925a5..f59a163d32 100644
--- a/lambda-layer/otel-instrument
+++ b/lambda-layer/otel-instrument
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_SDK_EXPERIMENTAL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTES=true
 
-export OTEL_PROPAGATORS="${OTEL_PROPAGATORS:-xray,tracecontext,b3,b3multi}"
+export OTEL_PROPAGATORS="${OTEL_PROPAGATORS:-baggage,xray,tracecontext,b3,b3multi}"
 
 export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=${OTEL_SERVICE_NAME:-${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME}}