diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 537010ec85..874aed7822 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -28,31 +28,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           args: "./**/*.md -i ./CHANGELOG.md"
 
-      - name: restore lock files
-        uses: actions/cache@master # must use unreleased master to cache multiple paths
+      - name: restore lerna
         id: cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
-          # must be done before bootstrap to not include node_modules files in the cache paths
           path: |
-            package-lock.json
-            packages/*/package-lock.json
-            benchmark/*/package-lock.json
-            backwards-compatability/*/package-lock.json
-            metapackages/*/package-lock.json
-            packages/*/package-lock.json
-            integration-tests/*/package-lock.json
-          # increment the trailing number to break the cache manually
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-lint-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}-0
+            node_modules
+            */*/node_modules
+          key: lint-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node_version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
 
-      # On a cache hit, use ci to speed up the install process
-      - name: Bootstrap (cache hit)
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
-        run: |
-          npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          npx lerna bootstrap --ignore-scripts --hoist --nohoist='zone.js'
-
-      # On a cache miss, fall back to a regular install
-      - name: Bootstrap (cache miss)
+      # On a cache miss, install dependencies
+      - name: Bootstrap
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           npm install --ignore-scripts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..951fab5f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+name: release-please
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v2
+        with:
+          command: manifest
+          token: ${{secrets.RELEASE_PR_TOKEN}}
+          default-branch: main
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
index 51ed1b5e14..bea64d0cdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-test.yml
@@ -22,33 +22,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node_version }}
 
-      - name: restore lock files
-        uses: actions/cache@master # must use unreleased master to cache multiple paths
+      - name: restore lerna
         id: cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
-          # must be done before bootstrap to not include node_modules files in the cache paths
           path: |
-            package-lock.json
-            packages/*/package-lock.json
-            benchmark/*/package-lock.json
-            backwards-compatability/*/package-lock.json
-            metapackages/*/package-lock.json
-            packages/*/package-lock.json
-            integration-tests/*/package-lock.json
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-unit_test-${{ matrix.node_version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
-      - name: Install and Build (cache miss) 🔧
+            node_modules
+            */*/node_modules
+          key: unittest-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node_version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
+
+      - name: Bootstrap
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           npm install --ignore-scripts
           npx lerna bootstrap --no-ci --hoist --nohoist='zone.js'
-          npm run compile
 
-      - name: Install and Build (cache hit) 🔧
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
-        run: |
-          npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          npx lerna bootstrap --hoist --nohoist='zone.js'
-          npm run compile
+      - name: Build 🔧
+        run: npm run compile
 
       - name: Unit tests
         run: npm run test
@@ -66,35 +56,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
       - name: Permission Setup
         run: sudo chmod -R 777 /github /__w
-      - name: restore lock files
-        uses: actions/cache@master # must use unreleased master to cache multiple paths
+
+      - name: restore lerna
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
         id: cache
         with:
-          # must be done before bootstrap to not include node_modules files in the cache paths
           path: |
-            package-lock.json
-            packages/*/package-lock.json
-            benchmark/*/package-lock.json
-            backwards-compatability/*/package-lock.json
-            metapackages/*/package-lock.json
-            packages/*/package-lock.json
-            integration-tests/*/package-lock.json
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-unit_test-${{ matrix.container }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
+            node_modules
+            */*/node_modules
+          key: unittest-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.node_version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
 
-      - name: Install and Build (cache miss) 🔧
+      - name: Bootstrap
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           npm install --ignore-scripts
           npx lerna bootstrap --no-ci --hoist --nohoist='zone.js'
-          npm run compile
-
-      - name: Install and Build (cache hit) 🔧
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
-        run: |
-          npm ci --ignore-scripts
-          npx lerna bootstrap --hoist --nohoist='zone.js'
-          npm run compile
 
+      - name: Build 🔧
+        run: npm run compile
       - name: Unit tests
         run: npm run test:browser
       - name: Report Coverage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/w3c-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/w3c-integration-test.yml
index 38afe21624..4b51435613 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/w3c-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/w3c-integration-test.yml
@@ -28,18 +28,21 @@ jobs:
             integration-tests/*/package-lock.json
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-w3c_integration-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
 
-      - name: Install and Build (cache miss) 🔧
+      - name: Install and Bootstrap (cache miss) 🔧
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           npm install --ignore-scripts
           npx lerna bootstrap --no-ci --scope=propagation-validation-server --include-dependencies
 
-      - name: Install and Build (cache hit) 🔧
+      - name: Install and Bootstrap (cache hit) 🔧
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
         run: |
           npm ci --ignore-scripts
           npx lerna bootstrap --scope=propagation-validation-server --include-dependencies
 
+      - name: Generate version.ts files
+        run: lerna run version
+
       - name: Build 🔧
         run: npm run compile
         working-directory: ./integration-tests/propagation-validation-server
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da741df8b9..65c8373b08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# version.ts file is automatically generated at compile time
+
+version.ts
+
 # Logs
 logs
 *.log
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09f8d59adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-context-zone": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-core": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-resources": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions": "0.25.0",
+  "packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing": "0.25.0"
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2135c9b784..8a3c1d52d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ To request automatic tracing support for a module not on this list, please [file
   - @opentelemetry/web -> @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-web
   - @opentelemetry/metrics -> @opentelemetry/sdk-metrics-base
   - @opentelemetry/node-sdk -> @opentelemetry/sdk-node
+- W3C propagators in @opentelemetry/core were renamed
+  - `HttpTraceContextPropagator` -> `W3CTraceContextPropagator`
+  - `W3CBaggagePropagator` -> `W3CBaggagePropagator`
 
 ### 0.23.x to 0.24.x
 
diff --git a/benchmark/propagator.js b/benchmark/propagator.js
index 51a8058e1f..b201af0198 100644
--- a/benchmark/propagator.js
+++ b/benchmark/propagator.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ const setups = [
     }
   },
   {
-    name: 'HttpTraceContextPropagator',
-    propagator: new opentelemetry.HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
+    name: 'W3CTraceContextPropagator',
+    propagator: new opentelemetry.W3CTraceContextPropagator(),
     injectCarrier: {},
     extractCarrier: {
       traceparent: '00-d4cda95b652f4a1592b449d5929fda1b-6e0c63257de34c92-00'
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index d6477ad1a3..e92bef80ac 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ use the latest and greatest features, and best practices.
 |[http](http/)   | HTTP Instrumentation to automatically collect trace data and export them to the backend of choice | Intermediate |
 |[https](https/) | HTTPS Instrumentation to automatically collect trace data and export them to the backend of choice | Intermediate |
 |[grpc](grpc/)   | gRPC Instrumentation to automatically collect trace data and export them to the backend of choice | Intermediate |
-|[express](express/) | Express Instrumentation to automatically collect trace data and export them to the backend of choice | Intermediate |
 |[collector-exporter-node](collector-exporter-node/) | This example shows how to use `@opentelemetry/exporter-collector` to instrument a simple Node.js application | Intermediate |
 |[opentracing-shim](opentracing-shim/) | This is a simple example that demonstrates how existing OpenTracing instrumentation can be integrated with OpenTelemetry | Intermediate |
 
+Additional examples can be found at [@opentelemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib][opentelemetry-js-contrib-examples]
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions on how to contribute.
@@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/
 ## LICENSE
 
 Apache License 2.0
+
+[opentelemetry-js-contrib-examples]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/tree/main/examples
diff --git a/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js b/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js
index 1a1f8fab15..40c1f4ff3f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js
+++ b/integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const axios = require("axios");
-const { HttpTraceContextPropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
+const { W3CTraceContextPropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
 const { BasicTracerProvider } = require("@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base");
 const { context, propagation, trace, ROOT_CONTEXT } = require("@opentelemetry/api");
 const {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {
 const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
 
 // set global propagator
-propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContextPropagator());
+propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new W3CTraceContextPropagator());
 
 // set global context manager
 context.setGlobalContextManager(new AsyncHooksContextManager());
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 6b65c7eabf..3eff7bbcea 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "packages/*",
     "integration-tests/*"
   ],
-  "version": "0.25.0",
+  "version": "independent",
   "changelog": {
     "repo": "open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js",
     "labels": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1feadeb7ed..3fbd495d42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 {
   "name": "opentelemetry",
-  "version": "0.25.0",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "OpenTelemetry is a distributed tracing and stats collection framework.",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
+    "precompile": "lerna run version",
     "compile": "tsc --build tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile",
     "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
     "clean": "tsc --build --clean tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
     "bench": "node benchmark",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics/package.json
index 7e3b4875c6..1a9f36ee75 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/package.json
index 0a57bcfb9a..f276c6dd19 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     "codecov": "nyc report --reporter=json && codecov -f coverage/*.json -p ../../",
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
-    "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js"
+    "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep/package.json
index 14e460f732..49b8f5be45 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
     "tdd": "karma start",
     "test:browser": "nyc karma start --single-run",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/package.json
index a9da422132..d1521bc420 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-context-zone/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
index 35e96e3e59..e1c7973326 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This package provides default implementations of the OpenTelemetry API for trace
 - [OpenTelemetry Core](#opentelemetry-core)
   - [Built-in Implementations](#built-in-implementations)
     - [Built-in Propagators](#built-in-propagators)
-      - [HttpTraceContextPropagator Propagator](#httptracecontext-propagator)
+      - [W3CTraceContextPropagator Propagator](#httptracecontext-propagator)
       - [Composite Propagator](#composite-propagator)
       - [Baggage Propagator](#baggage-propagator)
     - [Built-in Sampler](#built-in-sampler)
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ This package provides default implementations of the OpenTelemetry API for trace
 
 ### Built-in Propagators
 
-#### HttpTraceContextPropagator Propagator
+#### W3CTraceContextPropagator Propagator
 
 OpenTelemetry provides a text-based approach to propagate context to remote services using the [W3C Trace Context](https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/) HTTP headers.
 
 ```js
 const api = require("@opentelemetry/api");
-const { HttpTraceContextPropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
+const { W3CTraceContextPropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
 
 /* Set Global Propagator */
-api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContextPropagator());
+api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new W3CTraceContextPropagator());
 ```
 
 #### Composite Propagator
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ Provides a text-based approach to propagate [baggage](https://w3c.github.io/bagg
 
 ```js
 const api = require("@opentelemetry/api");
-const { HttpBaggagePropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
+const { W3CBaggagePropagator } = require("@opentelemetry/core");
 
 /* Set Global Propagator */
-api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpBaggagePropagator());
+api.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new W3CBaggagePropagator());
 ```
 
 ### Built-in Sampler
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-core/package.json
index 27766c1c29..38b843ddd1 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator.ts
index 521b4c55cd..652cc14c3a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import {
  * Based on the Baggage specification:
  * https://w3c.github.io/baggage/
  */
-export class HttpBaggagePropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
+export class W3CBaggagePropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: TextMapSetter): void {
     const baggage = propagation.getBaggage(context);
     if (!baggage || isTracingSuppressed(context)) return;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
index a204b15707..44c95f2fe9 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator';
+export * from './baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator';
 export * from './common/attributes';
 export * from './common/global-error-handler';
 export * from './common/logging-error-handler';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export * from './version';
 export * as baggageUtils from './baggage/utils';
 export * from './platform';
 export * from './propagation/composite';
-export * from './trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator';
+export * from './trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator';
 export * from './trace/IdGenerator';
 export * from './trace/rpc-metadata';
 export * from './trace/sampler/AlwaysOffSampler';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator.ts
index b41d99fbf9..6afce4c3ed 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function parseTraceParent(traceParent: string): SpanContext | null {
  * Based on the Trace Context specification:
  * https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/
  */
-export class HttpTraceContextPropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
+export class W3CTraceContextPropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
   inject(context: Context, carrier: unknown, setter: TextMapSetter): void {
     const spanContext = trace.getSpanContext(context);
     if (
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggagePropagator.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/W3CBaggagePropagator.test.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggagePropagator.test.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/W3CBaggagePropagator.test.ts
index 679d6f48d2..d00ce0c4b4 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/HttpBaggagePropagator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/baggage/W3CBaggagePropagator.test.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { ROOT_CONTEXT } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
-import { HttpBaggagePropagator } from '../../src/baggage/propagation/HttpBaggagePropagator';
+import { W3CBaggagePropagator } from '../../src/baggage/propagation/W3CBaggagePropagator';
 import { BAGGAGE_HEADER } from '../../src/baggage/constants';
 
-describe('HttpBaggagePropagator', () => {
-  const httpBaggagePropagator = new HttpBaggagePropagator();
+describe('W3CBaggagePropagator', () => {
+  const httpBaggagePropagator = new W3CBaggagePropagator();
 
   let carrier: { [key: string]: unknown };
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe('HttpBaggagePropagator', () => {
 
   describe('fields()', () => {
     it('returns the fields used by the baggage spec', () => {
-      const propagator = new HttpBaggagePropagator();
+      const propagator = new W3CBaggagePropagator();
       assert.deepStrictEqual(propagator.fields(), [BAGGAGE_HEADER]);
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts
index 1e5b6d989a..9436023584 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/propagation/composite.test.ts
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ import { Context, ROOT_CONTEXT } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {
   CompositePropagator,
-  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
+  W3CTraceContextPropagator,
   RandomIdGenerator,
 } from '../../src';
 import {
   TRACE_PARENT_HEADER,
   TRACE_STATE_HEADER,
-} from '../../src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator';
+} from '../../src/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator';
 import { TraceState } from '../../src/trace/TraceState';
 
 class DummyPropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
 
     it('should inject context using all configured propagators', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
-        propagators: [new DummyPropagator(), new HttpTraceContextPropagator()],
+        propagators: [new DummyPropagator(), new W3CTraceContextPropagator()],
       });
       composite.inject(ctxWithSpanContext, carrier, defaultTextMapSetter);
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
         propagators: [
           new ThrowingPropagator(),
-          new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
+          new W3CTraceContextPropagator(),
         ],
       });
       composite.inject(ctxWithSpanContext, carrier, defaultTextMapSetter);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
 
     it('should extract context using all configured propagators', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
-        propagators: [new DummyPropagator(), new HttpTraceContextPropagator()],
+        propagators: [new DummyPropagator(), new W3CTraceContextPropagator()],
       });
       const spanContext = trace.getSpanContext(
         composite.extract(ROOT_CONTEXT, carrier, defaultTextMapGetter)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ describe('Composite Propagator', () => {
       const composite = new CompositePropagator({
         propagators: [
           new ThrowingPropagator(),
-          new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
+          new W3CTraceContextPropagator(),
         ],
       });
       const spanContext = trace.getSpanContext(
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
rename to packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
index 0ccd526e6f..9dcdfe15b9 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator.test.ts
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import {
-  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
+  W3CTraceContextPropagator,
   TRACE_PARENT_HEADER,
   TRACE_STATE_HEADER,
-} from '../../src/trace/HttpTraceContextPropagator';
+} from '../../src/trace/W3CTraceContextPropagator';
 import { suppressTracing } from '../../src/trace/suppress-tracing';
 import { TraceState } from '../../src/trace/TraceState';
 
-describe('HttpTraceContextPropagator', () => {
-  const httpTraceContext = new HttpTraceContextPropagator();
+describe('W3CTraceContextPropagator', () => {
+  const httpTraceContext = new W3CTraceContextPropagator();
   let carrier: { [key: string]: unknown };
 
   beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/package.json
index 9f6dffbfad..68c1035187 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     "tdd": "npm run test -- --watch-extensions ts --watch",
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts'",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "npm run protos:copy && tsc -w"
+    "watch": "npm run protos:copy && tsc -w",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/package.json
index 3c75cd7217..a5fd8ab5bc 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     "tdd": "npm run test -- --watch-extensions ts --watch",
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts'",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "npm run protos:copy && tsc -w"
+    "watch": "npm run protos:copy && tsc -w",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json
index 532c5122a3..ada10fec40 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts' --exclude 'test/browser/**/*.ts'",
     "test:browser": "nyc karma start --single-run",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/package.json
index d4eb08a7db..dd36ce2692 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/package.json
index e6dbfdbf83..7815d82f8e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/package.json
index f217b811e7..12342223f5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts' --exclude 'test/browser/**/*.ts'",
     "test:browser": "nyc karma start --single-run",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/package.json
index 20d2371999..a18712648f 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
     "tdd": "karma start",
     "test:browser": "nyc karma start --single-run",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "fetch",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/package.json
index 548b8ea1be..77ec2844ec 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "codecov": "nyc report --reporter=json && codecov -f coverage/*.json -p ../../",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts
index 559b9acf06..5a39f3fd68 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/test/helper.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   SpanKind,
   propagation, trace,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { HttpTraceContextPropagator } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { W3CTraceContextPropagator } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { NodeTracerProvider } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node';
 import { AsyncHooksContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
 import { ContextManager } from '@opentelemetry/api';
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export const runTests = (
     let contextManager: ContextManager;
 
     before(() => {
-      propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new HttpTraceContextPropagator());
+      propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new W3CTraceContextPropagator());
     });
 
     beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
index 5495446266..1974c2ab75 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "codecov": "nyc report --reporter=json && codecov -f coverage/*.json -p ../../",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/package.json
index 6a489f8c37..7c02542ca5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
     "tdd": "karma start",
     "test:browser": "nyc karma start --single-run",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation/package.json
index e1f79174a8..a67e140633 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts' --exclude 'test/browser/**/*.ts'",
     "test:browser": "nyc karma start --single-run",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/package.json
index 674f8a60c3..24fe03b7d7 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/package.json
index 3ebcae1908..0d793bc93e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/package.json
index 52ed4965da..4e71f7f23a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts'",
     "tdd": "npm run test -- --watch-extensions ts --watch",
     "codecov": "nyc report --reporter=json && codecov -f coverage/*.json -p ../../",
-    "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js"
+    "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/package.json
index 062d97e614..00d8068a86 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/package.json
index ff42fa160e..6aff110494 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json
index 85fb3c6794..2d7a0102bd 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "codecov": "nyc report --reporter=json && codecov -f coverage/*.json -p ../../",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
index d02d92bccb..e72e6b0cfb 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import {
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
   CompositePropagator,
-  HttpBaggagePropagator,
-  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
+  W3CBaggagePropagator,
+  W3CTraceContextPropagator,
   getEnv,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ export class BasicTracerProvider implements TracerProvider {
     string,
     PROPAGATOR_FACTORY
   >([
-    ['tracecontext', () => new HttpTraceContextPropagator()],
-    ['baggage', () => new HttpBaggagePropagator()],
+    ['tracecontext', () => new W3CTraceContextPropagator()],
+    ['baggage', () => new W3CBaggagePropagator()],
   ]);
 
   protected static readonly _registeredExporters = new Map<
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/package.json
index 3a5c26beca..b8ecc09d73 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/package.json
index b4f940a09f..8e6c82616d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
     "tdd": "karma start",
     "test:browser": "nyc karma start --single-run",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/package.json
index 1b28b2e009..fda3f4f414 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "test": "nyc ts-mocha -p tsconfig.json 'test/**/*.test.ts'",
     "tdd": "npm run test -- --watch-extensions ts --watch",
     "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
-    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json"
+    "watch": "tsc --build --watch tsconfig.json tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/package.json
index b927a193ca..6c1348d80c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     "codecov": "nyc report --reporter=json && codecov -f coverage/*.json -p ../../",
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
-    "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js"
+    "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "opentelemetry",
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c1c3f80c6..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.25.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts
index 41035a3e91..3c38bd9888 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing/test/Shim.test.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import { BasicTracerProvider, Span } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import { SpanContextShim, SpanShim, TracerShim } from '../src/shim';
 import {
   CompositePropagator,
-  HttpBaggagePropagator,
-  HttpTraceContextPropagator,
+  W3CBaggagePropagator,
+  W3CTraceContextPropagator,
   timeInputToHrTime,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import {
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 describe('OpenTracing Shim', () => {
   const compositePropagator = new CompositePropagator({
     propagators: [
-      new HttpTraceContextPropagator(),
-      new HttpBaggagePropagator(),
+      new W3CTraceContextPropagator(),
+      new W3CBaggagePropagator(),
     ],
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/template/package.json b/packages/template/package.json
index 3c99f09694..dea1646f16 100644
--- a/packages/template/package.json
+++ b/packages/template/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "compile": "tsc --build",
-    "clean": "tsc --build --clean"
+    "version": "node ../../scripts/version-update.js",
+    "clean": "tsc --build --clean",
+    "precompile": "lerna run version --scope $(npm pkg get name) --include-filtered-dependencies",
+    "prewatch": "npm run precompile"
   },
   "Add these to scripts": {
     "compile": "tsc --build",
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e5bd2373e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "bootstrap-sha": "0ef1fc28d366b74d98b73b5d6334ffdc75342fe2",
+  "plugins": ["node-workspace"],
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "packages/opentelemetry-api-metrics": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-context-async-hooks": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-context-zone-peer-dep": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-context-zone": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-core": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-proto": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-propagator-b3": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-resources": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions": {},
+    "packages/opentelemetry-shim-opentracing": {}
+  }
+}