diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7a7bb3da4e..8e6de1aefa6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 - Possible nil dereference panic in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace`. (#5965)
 - Non-200 HTTP status codes when retrieving sampling rules in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/aws/xray` now return an error. (#5718)
+- Ensure all AWS XRay Remote Sampler logic is under a ParentBased Sampler in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/samplers/aws/xray`. (#6205)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler.go b/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler.go
index e3c277a5303..01b6da66c4f 100644
--- a/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler.go
+++ b/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type remoteSampler struct {
 // Compile time assertion that remoteSampler implements the Sampler interface.
 var _ sdktrace.Sampler = (*remoteSampler)(nil)
 
-// NewRemoteSampler returns a sampler which decides to sample a given request or not
+// NewRemoteSampler returns a ParentBased XRay Sampler which decides to sample a given request or not
 // based on the sampling rules set by users on AWS X-Ray console. Sampler also periodically polls
 // sampling rules and sampling targets.
 // NOTE: ctx passed in NewRemoteSampler API is being used in background go routine. Cancellation to this context can kill the background go routine.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func NewRemoteSampler(ctx context.Context, serviceName string, cloudPlatform str
 
 	remoteSampler.start(ctx)
 
-	return remoteSampler, nil
+	return sdktrace.ParentBased(remoteSampler), nil
 }
 
 // ShouldSample matches span attributes with retrieved sampling rules and returns a sampling result.
diff --git a/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler_test.go b/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler_test.go
index a71020abbe0..411d38fb50e 100644
--- a/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler_test.go
+++ b/samplers/aws/xray/remote_sampler_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 package xray
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"net/url"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -16,3 +19,11 @@ func TestRemoteSamplerDescription(t *testing.T) {
 	s := rs.Description()
 	assert.Equal(t, "AWSXRayRemoteSampler{remote sampling with AWS X-Ray}", s)
 }
+
+func TestNewRemoteSamplerDescription(t *testing.T) {
+	endpointURL, _ := url.Parse("http://localhost:2000")
+	rs, _ := NewRemoteSampler(context.Background(), "otel-test", "", WithEndpoint(*endpointURL), WithSamplingRulesPollingInterval(300*time.Second))
+
+	s := rs.Description()
+	assert.Equal(t, "ParentBased{root:AWSXRayRemoteSampler{remote sampling with AWS X-Ray},remoteParentSampled:AlwaysOnSampler,remoteParentNotSampled:AlwaysOffSampler,localParentSampled:AlwaysOnSampler,localParentNotSampled:AlwaysOffSampler}", s)
+}