diff --git a/connectivity/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/connectivity/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 0c7e34b66e..43f8d573ea 100644
--- a/connectivity/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/connectivity/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
     <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
     <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <target>System.err</target>
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
         <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
             <level>ERROR</level>
diff --git a/gateway/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/gateway/service/security/authentication/preauth/PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider.java b/gateway/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/gateway/service/security/authentication/preauth/PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider.java
index cd33cc484d..b2b972fd42 100644
--- a/gateway/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/gateway/service/security/authentication/preauth/PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/gateway/service/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/gateway/service/security/authentication/preauth/PreAuthenticatedAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
 
+import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.HttpRequest;
+import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.Query;
+import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.Uri;
+import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.server.RequestContext;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.base.model.auth.AuthorizationContext;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.base.model.auth.AuthorizationContextType;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.base.model.auth.AuthorizationModelFactory;
@@ -41,11 +45,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.ditto.internal.utils.pekko.logging.ThreadSafeDittoLogger;
 import org.eclipse.ditto.utils.jsr305.annotations.AllValuesAreNonnullByDefault;
 
-import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.HttpRequest;
-import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.Query;
-import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.Uri;
-import org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.server.RequestContext;
-
 /**
  * Handles authentication by using a defined header field {@link org.eclipse.ditto.gateway.service.security.HttpHeader#X_DITTO_PRE_AUTH} which proxies in front
  * of Ditto may set to inject authenticated subjects into a HTTP request.
@@ -126,7 +125,10 @@ protected CompletableFuture<AuthenticationResult> tryToAuthenticate(final Reques
         final var combinedHeaders = new HashMap<>(dittoHeaders);
         combinedHeaders.putAll(StreamSupport.stream(requestContext.getRequest().getHeaders().spliterator(), false)
                 .collect(Collectors.toMap(
-                        akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpHeader::name, akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpHeader::value)));
+                        org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.HttpHeader::name,
+                        org.apache.pekko.http.javadsl.model.HttpHeader::value
+                ))
+        );
         LOGGER.withCorrelationId(combinedHeaders)
                 .info("Pre-authentication has been applied resulting in AuthorizationContext <{}>.", authContext);
 
diff --git a/gateway/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/gateway/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index b3a52bdeed..de70c86ed3 100755
--- a/gateway/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/gateway/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
     <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
     <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <target>System.err</target>
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
         <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
             <level>ERROR</level>
diff --git a/internal/utils/pekko/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/pekko/logging/CommonMdcEntryKey.java b/internal/utils/pekko/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/pekko/logging/CommonMdcEntryKey.java
index 76a75c6ea2..e63492dbf7 100644
--- a/internal/utils/pekko/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/pekko/logging/CommonMdcEntryKey.java
+++ b/internal/utils/pekko/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/internal/utils/pekko/logging/CommonMdcEntryKey.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ public enum CommonMdcEntryKey implements CharSequence {
     DITTO_LOG_TAG("ditto-log-tag"),
     TRACE_PARENT(DittoHeaderDefinition.W3C_TRACEPARENT.getKey());
 
+    private static final String TRACE_ID = TRACE_PARENT.key + "-trace-id";
+    private static final String SPAN_ID = TRACE_PARENT.key + "-span-id";
+
     private final String key;
 
     CommonMdcEntryKey(final String key) {
@@ -90,18 +94,27 @@ public static List<MdcEntry> extractMdcEntriesFromHeaders(@Nullable final Map<St
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
         return Stream.of(CORRELATION_ID, TRACE_PARENT)
-                .flatMap(mdcEntryKey ->
-                        extractValue(headers, mdcEntryKey)
-                                .map(value -> MdcEntry.of(mdcEntryKey.key, value))
-                                .stream()
-                ).toList();
+                .flatMap(mdcEntryKey -> extractValue(headers, mdcEntryKey))
+                .toList();
     }
 
-    private static Optional<String> extractValue(final Map<String, String> headers,
+    private static Stream<MdcEntry> extractValue(final Map<String, String> headers,
             final CommonMdcEntryKey mdcEntryKey) {
 
-        // accessing a key in a HashMap is super fast
-        return Optional.ofNullable(headers.get(mdcEntryKey.key));
+        if (mdcEntryKey == TRACE_PARENT) {
+            return Optional.ofNullable(headers.get(mdcEntryKey.key))
+                    .filter(traceParent -> traceParent.charAt(2) == '-' && traceParent.length() == 55)
+                    .map(traceParent -> Stream.of(
+                            // positions defined by https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#traceparent-header-field-values to contain the "trace-id"
+                            MdcEntry.of(TRACE_ID, traceParent.substring(3, 35)),
+                            MdcEntry.of(SPAN_ID, traceParent.substring(36, 52))
+                    )).stream()
+                    .flatMap(Function.identity());
+        } else {
+            return Optional.ofNullable(headers.get(mdcEntryKey.key))
+                    .map(value -> MdcEntry.of(mdcEntryKey.key, value))
+                    .stream();
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/policies/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/policies/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index a6fed57a59..a203eb8171 100755
--- a/policies/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/policies/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
     <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
     <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <target>System.err</target>
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
         <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
             <level>ERROR</level>
diff --git a/things/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/things/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index a48ca68241..4f6086340b 100755
--- a/things/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/things/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
     <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
     <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <target>System.err</target>
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
         <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
             <level>ERROR</level>
diff --git a/thingsearch/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/thingsearch/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index b4665f4b44..bf25257f5e 100755
--- a/thingsearch/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/thingsearch/service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 
     <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
     <appender name="STDERR" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
         <target>System.err</target>
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date{ISO8601} %-5level [%X{correlation-id}][%X{traceparent-trace-id}] %logger{20} %X{pekkoSource} - %msg%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
         <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
             <level>ERROR</level>