diff --git a/http-signature-normalization-actix/Cargo.toml b/http-signature-normalization-actix/Cargo.toml
index aa2acb4..064dc4b 100644
--- a/http-signature-normalization-actix/Cargo.toml
+++ b/http-signature-normalization-actix/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "http-signature-normalization-actix"
 description = "An HTTP Signatures library that leaves the signing to you"
-version = "0.5.0-beta.7"
+version = "0.5.0-beta.8"
 authors = ["asonix <asonix@asonix.dog>"]
 license-file = "LICENSE"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ tracing-futures = "0.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "2.1.0"
-tracing-actix-web = { version = "0.4.0-beta.12", git = "https://github.com/asonix/tracing-actix-web", branch = "asonix/root-span-expansion" }
+tracing-actix-web = { version = "0.4.0-beta.13" }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.2", features = ["fmt"] }
diff --git a/http-signature-normalization-actix/examples/server.rs b/http-signature-normalization-actix/examples/server.rs
index 53e85de..907cc1a 100644
--- a/http-signature-normalization-actix/examples/server.rs
+++ b/http-signature-normalization-actix/examples/server.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         App::new()
             .wrap(VerifyDigest::new(Sha256::new()).optional())
             .wrap(VerifySignature::new(MyVerify, config.clone()).optional())
-            .wrap(TracingLogger::<RootSpanBuilder>::new())
+            .wrap(TracingLogger::default())
             .route("/", web::post().to(index))
     })
     .bind("127.0.0.1:8010")?
@@ -102,52 +102,3 @@ impl ResponseError for MyError {
         HttpResponse::BadRequest().finish()
     }
 }
-
-// tracing-actix-web + tracing-error WORKAROUND
-
-use actix_web::{
-    dev::{ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse},
-    Error,
-};
-use tracing::Span;
-use tracing_actix_web::root_span;
-
-pub struct RootSpanBuilder;
-
-impl tracing_actix_web::RootSpanBuilder for RootSpanBuilder {
-    fn on_request_start(request: &ServiceRequest) -> Span {
-        root_span!(request)
-    }
-
-    fn on_request_end<B>(span: Span, outcome: &Result<ServiceResponse<B>, Error>) {
-        match &outcome {
-            Ok(response) => {
-                if let Some(error) = response.response().error() {
-                    handle_error(span, error)
-                } else {
-                    span.record("http.status_code", &response.response().status().as_u16());
-                    span.record("otel.status_code", &"OK");
-                }
-            }
-            Err(error) => handle_error(span, error),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-fn handle_error(span: Span, error: &Error) {
-    let response_error = error.as_response_error();
-
-    let display = format!("{}", response_error);
-    let debug = format!("{:?}", response_error);
-    span.record("exception.message", &tracing::field::display(display));
-    span.record("exception.details", &tracing::field::display(debug));
-
-    let status_code = response_error.status_code();
-    span.record("http.status_code", &status_code.as_u16());
-
-    if status_code.is_client_error() {
-        span.record("otel.status_code", &"OK");
-    } else {
-        span.record("otel.status_code", &"ERROR");
-    }
-}