diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index 097f9925f8b..dca209e1a64 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ All notable changes to experimental packages in this project will be documented
 
 * fix(exporter-logs-otlp-http): set useHex to true [#3875](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3875) @Nico385412
   fix(otlp-proto-exporter-base): add missing type import [#3937](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3937) @pichlermarc
+* fix(example-opencensus-shim): avoid OpenCensus auto instrumentations [#3951](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3951) @llc1123
 
 ### :books: (Refine Doc)
 
diff --git a/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/package.json b/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/package.json
index 689d1c7c24a..fd231ef119b 100644
--- a/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/package.json
+++ b/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/api": "1.4.1",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": "1.14.0",
     "@opencensus/core": "0.1.0",
-    "@opencensus/nodejs": "0.1.0",
+    "@opencensus/nodejs-base": "0.1.0",
     "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "1.14.0",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": "0.40.0",
     "@opentelemetry/resources": "1.14.0",
diff --git a/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/setup.js b/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/setup.js
index e96c62ae0cc..37206971e7c 100644
--- a/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/setup.js
+++ b/experimental/examples/opencensus-shim/setup.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const {
 } = require('@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions');
 
 module.exports = function setup(serviceName) {
-  const tracing = require('@opencensus/nodejs');
+  const tracing = require('@opencensus/nodejs-base');
 
   diag.setLogger(new DiagConsoleLogger(), { logLevel: DiagLogLevel.ALL });
   const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({