diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py
index 51faf41c0c..544362a87c 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/opentelemetry/utils.py
@@ -386,22 +386,24 @@ def get_trace_state(span):
         options = client.options or {}
 
         trace_state = trace_state.update(
-            Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "trace_id", format_trace_id(span_context.trace_id)
+            Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "trace_id",
+            quote(format_trace_id(span_context.trace_id)),
         )
 
         if options.get("environment"):
             trace_state = trace_state.update(
-                Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "environment", options["environment"]
+                Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "environment", quote(options["environment"])
             )
 
         if options.get("release"):
             trace_state = trace_state.update(
-                Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "release", options["release"]
+                Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "release", quote(options["release"])
             )
 
         if options.get("dsn"):
             trace_state = trace_state.update(
-                Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "public_key", Dsn(options["dsn"]).public_key
+                Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "public_key",
+                quote(Dsn(options["dsn"]).public_key),
             )
 
         root_span = get_sentry_meta(span, "root_span")
@@ -415,7 +417,7 @@ def get_trace_state(span):
                 and transaction_source not in LOW_QUALITY_TRANSACTION_SOURCES
             ):
                 trace_state = trace_state.update(
-                    Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "transaction", transaction_name
+                    Baggage.SENTRY_PREFIX + "transaction", quote(transaction_name)
                 )
 
         return trace_state
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
index eeea307c9c..fd76c50b50 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/tracing.py
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ def __init__(
                 # OTel timestamps have nanosecond precision
                 start_timestamp = convert_to_otel_timestamp(start_timestamp)
 
-            span_name = self._sanitize_name(name or description or op or "")
+            span_name = name or description or op or ""
             self._otel_span = tracer.start_span(span_name, start_time=start_timestamp)
 
             self.origin = origin or DEFAULT_SPAN_ORIGIN
@@ -1598,10 +1598,6 @@ def set_context(self, key, value):
 
         self.set_attribute(f"{SentrySpanAttribute.CONTEXT}.{key}", value)
 
-    def _sanitize_name(self, name):
-        """No commas and equals allowed in tracestate."""
-        return name.replace(",", "").replace("=", "")
-
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING: