diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/default.nix
index 379b5a608ae..de0823c0aac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , hatchling
 , opentelemetry-api
 , opentelemetry-instrumentation
@@ -12,21 +11,13 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 , aiohttp
 }:
-let
-  pname = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client";
-  version = "0.39b0";
-in
+
 buildPythonPackage {
-  inherit pname version;
+  inherit (opentelemetry-instrumentation) version src;
+  pname = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-telemetry";
-    repo = "opentelemetry-python-contrib";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-HFDebR3d1osFAIlNuIbs5s+uPeTTJ1xkz+BpE5BpciU=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "/instrumentation/${pname}" ];
-  } + "/instrumentation/${pname}";
+  sourceRoot = "source/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client";
 
   format = "pyproject";
 
@@ -54,10 +45,8 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiohttp_client" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = opentelemetry-instrumentation.meta // {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/blob/main/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client";
     description = "OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for aiohttp-client";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ happysalada ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/default.nix
index 3fb18175ab2..5777498873b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , asgiref
 , hatchling
 , opentelemetry-api
@@ -12,18 +11,12 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit (opentelemetry-instrumentation) version src;
   pname = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi";
-  version = "0.39b0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-telemetry";
-    repo = "opentelemetry-python-contrib";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-BfNrbOQwyApdcKOVGF0LqzWOxzLkHZYiYdYVVPkGmdQ=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "/instrumentation/${pname}" ];
-  } + "/instrumentation/${pname}";
+  sourceRoot = "source/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi";
 
   format = "pyproject";
 
@@ -46,10 +39,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = opentelemetry-instrumentation.meta // {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/blob/main/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi";
     description = "ASGI instrumentation for OpenTelemetry";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = teams.deshaw.members;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/default.nix
index 2d8536a9037..ec19eacf0e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , django
 , hatchling
 , opentelemetry-api
@@ -14,18 +13,12 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit (opentelemetry-instrumentation) version src;
   pname = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-django";
-  version = "0.39b0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-telemetry";
-    repo = "opentelemetry-python-contrib";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-5tyLFQTYuJBFAFZirqsaHXCw72Q3TigDctZZFi/2zdI=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "/instrumentation/${pname}" ];
-  } + "/instrumentation/${pname}";
+  sourceRoot = "source/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django";
 
   format = "pyproject";
 
@@ -50,10 +43,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry.instrumentation.django" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = opentelemetry-instrumentation.meta // {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/blob/main/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django";
     description = "OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for Django";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = teams.deshaw.members;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/default.nix
index abeed7f0588..8313faa8d6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , hatchling
 , opentelemetry-api
 , opentelemetry-instrumentation
@@ -13,18 +12,12 @@
 , grpcio
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit (opentelemetry-instrumentation) version src;
   pname = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc";
-  version = "0.39b0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-telemetry";
-    repo = "opentelemetry-python-contrib";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-DkDAE0MsF9HdywxlFzqJaqNor4O/jpnSqINsKTuiVqU=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "/instrumentation/${pname}" ];
-  } + "/instrumentation/${pname}";
+  sourceRoot = "source/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc";
 
   format = "pyproject";
 
@@ -52,10 +45,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = opentelemetry-instrumentation.meta // {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/tree/main/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc";
     description = "OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for grpc";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ happysalada ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/default.nix
index b50674ea1b6..408cfb69232 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , hatchling
 , opentelemetry-api
 , opentelemetry-instrumentation
@@ -11,18 +10,12 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit (opentelemetry-instrumentation) version src;
   pname = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi";
-  version = "0.39b0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-telemetry";
-    repo = "opentelemetry-python-contrib";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-DBZGXY8Y208YC/guk0qUB04UA/JFAtiv3kjsikskTRs=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "/instrumentation/${pname}" ];
-  } + "/instrumentation/${pname}";
+  sourceRoot = "source/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi";
 
   format = "pyproject";
 
@@ -44,10 +37,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry.instrumentation.wsgi" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = opentelemetry-instrumentation.meta // {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/blob/main/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi";
     description = "WSGI Middleware for OpenTelemetry";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = teams.deshaw.members;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation/default.nix
index 140ca386554..c47b211a139 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-instrumentation/default.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.39b0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
+  # to avoid breakage, every package in opentelemetry-python-contrib must inherit this version, src, and meta
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "open-telemetry";
     repo = "opentelemetry-python-contrib";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-+zk76A640nyd1L0I55JrMMs7EnQ+SPQdYGAFIyQFc6E=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "/${pname}" ];
-  } + "/${pname}";
+    hash = "sha256-MPBOdurEQhA9BPRgVftejjtkvN/zRQEJDjQcS2QW3xc=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/opentelemetry-instrumentation";
 
   format = "pyproject";
 
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/tree/main/opentelemetry-instrumentation";
     description = "Instrumentation Tools & Auto Instrumentation for OpenTelemetry Python";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = teams.deshaw.members;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-util-http/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-util-http/default.nix
index ddd25dccb78..49ec52a380b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-util-http/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-util-http/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , hatchling
 , opentelemetry-instrumentation
 , opentelemetry-sdk
@@ -10,18 +9,12 @@
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit (opentelemetry-instrumentation) version src;
   pname = "opentelemetry-util-http";
-  version = "0.39b0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-telemetry";
-    repo = "opentelemetry-python-contrib";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-C20/M5wimQec/8tTKx7+jkIYgfgNPtU9lkPKliIM3Uk=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "/util/${pname}" ];
-  } + "/util/${pname}";
+  sourceRoot = "source/util/opentelemetry-util-http";
 
   format = "pyproject";
 
@@ -42,10 +35,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry.util.http" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = opentelemetry-instrumentation.meta // {
     homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/tree/main/util/opentelemetry-util-http";
     description = "Web util for OpenTelemetry";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = teams.deshaw.members;
   };
 }