set an explicit version range for the @opentelemetry/api (#4318)

README.md

@@ -108,4 +108,11 @@ If you would like to trace your bundled application then please read this page o
 
 ## Security Vulnerabilities
 
-Please refer to the [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-js/blob/master/SECURITY.md) document if you have found a security issue.
+Please refer to the [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-js/blob/master/SECURITY.md) document if you have found a security issue.
+
+## Datadog With OpenTelemetery
+
+Please refer to the [Node.js Custom Instrumentation using OpenTelemetry API](https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/trace_collection/custom_instrumentation/nodejs/otel/) document. It includes information on how to use the OpenTelemetry API with dd-trace-js
+
+Note that our internal implementation of the OpenTelemetry API is currently set within the version range `>=1.0.0 <1.9.0`. This range will be updated at a regular cadence therefore, we recommend updating your tracer to the latest release to ensure up to date support.
+

package.json

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "@datadog/native-metrics": "^2.0.0",
     "@datadog/pprof": "5.3.0",
     "@datadog/sketches-js": "^2.1.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": ">=1.0.0 <1.9.0",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "^1.14.0",
     "crypto-randomuuid": "^1.0.0",
     "dc-polyfill": "^0.1.4",